Living with two extremes: Conclusions from the genome sequence of Natronomonas pharaonis

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1336-1343

  Falb, Michaela ^a   Pfeiffer, Friedhelm ^a   Palm, Peter ^a   Rodewald, Karin ^a   Hickmann, Volker ^a   Tittor, Jörg ^a   Oesterhelt, Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; LEUCINE; LIPID; PROTON; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR; SODIUM; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; VITAMIN;

ADAPTATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EURYARCHAEOTA; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS;

EID: 25844454133     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3952905     Document Type: Article

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