Gene transfer and genome plasticity in Thermotoga maritima, a model hyperthermophilic species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4935-4944

  Mongodin, Emmanuel F ^a   Hance, Ioana R ^a   DeBoy, Robert T ^a   Gill, Steven R ^a   Daugherty, Sean ^a   Huber, Robert ^b   Fraser, Claire M ^a   Stetter, Karl ^b   Nelson, Karen E ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOME, PLANT; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ARCHAEA; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THERMOTOGALES;

EID: 21844466436     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.4935-4944.2005     Document Type: Article

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