High spontaneous mutation rate in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by transposable elements

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2574-2581

  Martusewitsch, Erika ^a   Sensen, Christoph W ^b   Schleper, Christa ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROOROTIC ACID; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIC ACID; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS; URACIL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0034004192     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2574-2581.2000     Document Type: Article

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