Reverse gyrase from hyperthermophiles: Probable transfer of a thermoadaptation trait from archaea to bacteria

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 152-154

  Forterre, Patrick ^a   Bouthier de la Tour, Claire ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^b   Duguet, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034175943     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(00)01980-6     Document Type: Article

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