Enzymes identified using genomic DNA sequences suggest some atypical characteristics of de novo biosynthesis of purines in archaebacteria

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 263-268

  Koike, Hideaki ^a   Kawashima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Masashi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Gene identification, genome analysis; Homology search; Metabolism; Nucleotide biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844456742     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.75.263     Document Type: Article

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