RNomics and Modomics in the halophilic archaea Haloferax volcanii: Identification of RNA modification genes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grosjean, Henri ^a,b,c   Gaspin, Christine ^d   Marck, Christian ^e   Decatur, Wayne A ^f   de Crécy Lagard, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; RNA 5S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CODON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; GENETICS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA GENE;

ARCHAEA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

GENES, RRNA; GENOMICS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 56349150890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-470     Document Type: Article

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