Phylogenomic analysis of proteins that are distinctive of Archaea and its main subgroups and the origin of methanogenesis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gao, Beile ^a   Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

AEROPYRUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCHAEOGLOBUS; ARTICLE; CRENARCHAEOTA; DESULFUROCOCCALES; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYROBACULUM; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; METHANE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEOGLOBUS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; CRENARCHAEOTA; DESULFUROCOCCALES; EURYARCHAEOTA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM SP.; HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCOIDES BURTONII; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; NANOARCHAEUM EQUITANS; PICROPHILUS TORRIDUS; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; THERMOCOCCI; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; THERMOPLASMATA; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 34247236709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-86     Document Type: Article

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