Performance of the translational apparatus varies with the ecological strategies of bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3237-3245

  Dethlefsen, Les ^a,b   Schmidt, Thomas M ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOMASS; CODON; ECOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247884431     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01686-06     Document Type: Article

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