Diversity of hopanoids and squalene-hopene cyclases across a tropical land-sea gradient

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1208-1223

  Pearson, Ann ^a   Leavitt, William D ^a,b   Sáenz, James P ^c,d   Summons, Roger E ^c   Tam, Mandy C M ^a   Close, Hilary G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPID; MUTASE; SEA WATER; SQUALENE HOPENE CYCLASE; SQUALENE-HOPENE CYCLASE; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BAHAMAS; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; LIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOIL; TRITERPENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 65349189508     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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