The genome sequence of the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 547-553

  Henne, Anke ^a   Brüggemann, Holger ^a,c   Raasch, Carsten ^a,d   Wiezer, Arnim ^a   Hartsch, Thomas ^a,e   Liesegang, Heiko ^a   Johann, Andre ^a,f   Lienard, Tanja ^a   Gohl, Olivia ^a   Martinez Arias, Rosa ^a,g   Jacobi, Carsten ^a,h   Starkuviene, Vytaute ^a,i   Schlenczeck, Silke ^a   Dencker, Silke ^a   Huber, Robert ^b   Klenk, Hans Peter ^a,j   Kramer, Wilfried ^a   Merkl, Rainer ^a   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^a   Fritz, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Variom Biotechnology AG   (Germany)

^e GENEDATA AG   (Switzerland)

^f Referat Entwicklung Landlicher Raum   (Germany)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h BASF SE   (Germany)

ⁱ EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^j egene Biotechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HALOTOLERANT BACTERIUM; MEGAPLASMIDS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RNA ANALYSIS; SYNTENY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS HB27;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 2342586677     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt956     Document Type: Article

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