An integrated analysis of the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1495-1512

  Cohen, Georges N ^a   Barbe, Valérie ^b   Flament, Didier ^c   Galperin, Michael ^d   Heilig, Roland ^b   Lecompte, Odile ^e   Poch, Olivier ^e   Prieur, Daniel ^f   Quérellou, Joël ^c   Ripp, Raymond ^e   Thierry, Jean Claude ^e   Van Der Oost, John ^g   Weissenbach, Jean ^b   Zivanovic, Yvan ^h   Forterre, Patrick ^h  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PYROCOCCUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 0037346631     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03381.x     Document Type: Article

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