Protein signatures (molecular synapomorphies) that are distinctive characteristics of the major cyanobacterial clades

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2510-2526

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; INITIATION FACTOR 2; MANNOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE; MG1 TRANSFERASE; NADP(H) QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE D; PROTEIN DNAE; PROTEIN DNAX; PROTEIN FFH; PROTEIN KGSA; PROTEIN PETA; PROTEIN RPOC; PROTEIN S3; RIBOFLAVIN SYNTHASE ALPHA SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GLOEOBACTER VIOLACEUS; GLOEOBACTEROPHYCIDAE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOCALES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATORIALES; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SIGNATURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNAPOMORPHY; SYNECHOCOCCOPHYCIDAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOBACTER VIOLACEUS; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 70350719159     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.005678-0     Document Type: Article

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