Genome of the extremely radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans viewed from the perspective of comparative genomics

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-79

  Makarova, K S ^a   Aravind, L ^a   Wolf, Y I ^a   Tatusov, R L ^a   Minton, K W ^a   Koonin, E V ^a   Daly, M J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; INTEIN; PHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COENZYME; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DESICCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN FAMILY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; THERMUS;

EID: 0035102449     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.65.1.44-79.2001     Document Type: Review

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