Bacterial mode of replication with eukaryotic-like machinery in a hyperthermophilic archaeon

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5474, 2000, Pages 2212-2215

  Myllykallio, Hannu ^a   Lopez, Philippe ^a   López García, Purificación ^a   Heilig, Roland ^a   Saurin, William ^a   Zivanovic, Yvan ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; URACIL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PUROMYCIN; PYROCOCCUS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034705420     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5474.2212     Document Type: Article

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