Genomic islands in the Corynebactenum efficiens genome

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3126-3130

  Zhang, Ren ^a   Zhang, Chun Ting ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF CANCER PREVENTION AND THERAPY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; HEAT TREATMENT; MUTAGENESIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CORYNEBACTENUM; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GLUTAMATE; NONPATHOGENIC BACTERIUM;

GENE TRANSFER;

ASPARTATE KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

GENOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM EFFICIENS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM EFFICIENS; POSIBACTERIA;

ASPARTATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENZYME STABILITY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 20444386496     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3126-3130.2005     Document Type: Article

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