Complete genome sequence of the genetically tractable hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6956-6969

  Hendrickson, E L ^b   Kaul, R ^a,b   Zhou, Y ^b   Bovee, D ^b   Chapman, P ^b   Chung, J ^b   De Macario, E Conway ^e   Dodsworth, J A ^b   Gillett, W ^b   Graham, D E ^f   Hackett, M ^c   Haydock, A K ^b   Kang, A ^b   Land, M L ^g   Levy, R ^b   Lie, T J ^b   Major, T A ^h   Moore, B C ^b   Porat, I ^h   Palmeiri, A ^b   Rouse, G ^b   Saenphimmachak, C ^b   Soll D ⁱ   Van Dien, S ^d   Wang, T ^b,c   Whitman, W B ^h   Xia, Q ^b,c   Zhang, Y ^b,c   Larimer, F W ^g   Olson, M V ^a,b   Leigh, J A ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d United Metabolics   (United States)

^e WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; ALANINE RACEMASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 6; CYSTEINE; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROGENASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNASE HII; SELENOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4944254822     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.20.6956-6969.2004     Document Type: Article

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