Life in hot acid: pathway analyses in extremely thermoacidophilic archaea

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-453

  Auernik, Kathryne S ^a   Cooper, Charlotte R ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA;

ACIDS;

HEAVY METAL; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; SULFUR;

BIOLEACHING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON FIXATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE DISRUPTION; HEAT SHOCK; METAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOACIDOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

ACIDS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; ECOSYSTEM; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 54849371000     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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