Proteorhodopsin lateral gene transfer between marine planktonic Bacteria and Archaea

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7078, 2006, Pages 847-850

  Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a,b   Martinez, Asuncion ^a   Mincer, Tracy J ^a   DeLong, Edward F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

CELLULAR ENERGY METABOLISM; PHOTOPROTEINS; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOPLASMATALES;

GENE TRANSFER;

RHODOPSIN;

GENETICS; PLANKTON;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL ENERGY; CELL METABOLISM; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 32844465575     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04435     Document Type: Article

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