Interrupted genes in extremophilic Archaea: Mechanisms of gene expression in early organisms

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 487-492

  Cobucci Ponzano, Beatrice ^a   Rossi, Mosè ^a,b   Moracci, Marco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hyperthermophiles; Interrupted genes; Translational recoding

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN;

BIOTOPE; COMMON ANCESTRY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTREMOPHILE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROORGANISM; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; NANOARCHAEOTA;

EID: 33846446465     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9034-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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