Protein and DNA sequence determinants of thermophilic adaptation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 0062-0072

  Zeldovich, Konstantin B ^a   Berezovsky, Igor N ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEOTIDES;

AMINO ACIDS COMPOSITIONS; AMINO-ACIDS; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; CODON BIAS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; NUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITION; OPTIMAL GROWTH; PHENOTYPIC TRAITS; SEQUENCE DETERMINANTS; THERMOPHILICS;

PROTEINS;

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEOME; TYROSINE; VALINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOPHILE; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEON; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

PROKARYOTA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33846519263     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030005     Document Type: Article

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