Characterization of DNA transport in the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4210-4218

  Schwarzenlander, Cornelia ^a   Averhoff, Beate ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA transport kinetics; Natural transformation; Thermus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; ENERGY METABOLISM; PLASMIDS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33748317821     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05416.x     Document Type: Article

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