Microbial Life at high temperature, the challenges, the strategies

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 2974-2984

  Charlier, D ^a   Droogmans, L ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Channeling; Extremophiles; Modified nucleosides; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULE; METHANOCOCCALES; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; HEAT; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCALES; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 29344459635     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5251-8     Document Type: Review

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