Optimum growth temperature and the base composition of open reading frames in prokaryotes

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-450

  Lambros, R J ^a   Mortimer, J R ^a   Forsdyke, D R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

(G + C) ; Base composition; Growth temperature; Purine loading; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BODY TEMPERATURE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; OPEN READING FRAME; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENOME, BACTERIAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1542361245     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0353-4     Document Type: Article

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