Molecular signature of hypersaline adaptation: Insights from genome and proteome composition of halophilic prokaryotes

Genome Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Paul, Sandip ^a   Bag, Sumit K ^a   Das, Sabyasachi ^b   Harvill, Eric T ^b   Dutta, Chitra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; DNA; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOMICS; HALOPHILE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; SALINITY; TAXONOMIC RANK; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; HALOBACTERIALES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE;

PROKARYOTA;

EVOLUTION; GENOME; HALOBACTERIALES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; SALT-TOLERANCE;

EID: 47149088683     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-4-r70     Document Type: Article

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