Stress, order and survival

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-60

  Minsky, Abraham ^a   Shimoni, Eyal ^a   Frenkiel Krispin, Daphna ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADAPTATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RIBOSOMES; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRION;

EID: 0036358511     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm700     Document Type: Review

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