Snapshot of a large dynamic replicon in a halophilic archaeon: Megaplasmid or minichromosome?

Genome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1131-1141

  Ng, Wailap V ^a   Ciufo, Stacy A ^b   Smith, Todd M ^a   Bumgarner, Roger E ^a   Dale Baskin, Janet Faust ^a   Hall, Barbara ^a   Loretz, Carol ^a   Seto, Jason ^a   Slagel, Joseph ^a   Hood, Leroy ^a   DasSarma, Shiladitya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME D; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DATA BASE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 17444373082     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.8.11.1131     Document Type: Article

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