Methanogenesis: Genes, genomes, and who's on first?

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 5975-5986

  Reeve, John N ^a   Nölling, Jörk ^a,b   Morgan, Roderick M ^a   Smith, Douglas R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; METHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 1842329756     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.5975-5986.1997     Document Type: Short Survey

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