New findings on evolution of metal homeostasis genes: Evidence from comparative genome analysis of bacteria and archaea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7083-7091

  Coombs, J M ^a,b   Barkay, T ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY;

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LATERAL GENE TRANSFER (LGT); METAL HOMEOSTASIS GENES; PROKARYOTES;

GENES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COPPER; RIBOSOME RNA;

HOMEOSTASIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LANGAT VIRUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 32044471060     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7083-7091.2005     Document Type: Article

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