Termites in the woodwork

Genome Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Chaffron, Samuel ^a   von Mering, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CELLULASE; DNA; GLYCOSIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RNA 16S;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIBROBACTERES; GENOMICS; INSECT GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA; WOOD; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ISOPTERA;

ANIMALS; GENOMICS; ISOPTERA; PROTEOMICS; WOOD;

EID: 48849092974     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-229     Document Type: Short Survey

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