A unique group of virus-related, genome-integrating elements found solely in the bacterial family Thermaceae and the archaeal family Halobacteriaceae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3231-3234

  Jalasvuori, Matti ^a   Pawlowski, Alice ^a   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CELL LINEAGE; FAMILY; GENOME; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMACEAE; VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEAL VIRUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOMICROBIUM; MEIOTHERMUS; THERMACEAE; THERMUS;

ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77954026804     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00124-10     Document Type: Article

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