Identification of replication origins in the genome of the methanogenic archaeon, Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

Extremophiles

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-258

  Zhang, Ren ^a   Zhang, Chun Ting ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF CANCER PREVENTION AND THERAPY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaea; cdc6 gene; Methanocaldococcus jannaschii; Replication origin; Z curve

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CDC6 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENETICS; GENOME; METHANOCOCCALES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; METHANOCOCCALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 4444237049     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0385-4     Document Type: Article

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