Signature proteins that are distinctive characteristics of Actinobacteria and their subgroups

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-91

  Gao, Beile ^a   Paramanathan, Ragi ^a   Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Actinobacterial taxonomy; Bacterial phylogeny; Branching order; CMN bacteria; Group specific proteins; Magnetospirillum; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENOME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FRANKIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MICROCOCCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOMYCES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FRANKIA; FRANKIA SP.; LEIFSONIA XYLI SUBSP. XYLI; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETOTACTICUM; MICROCOCCINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE TN; NOCARDIA; STREPTOMYCES; THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA YX;

EID: 33745963185     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9061-2     Document Type: Article

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