How Prochlorococcus bacteria use nitrogen sparingly in their proteins

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-28

  Bragg, Jason G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bacteria; genomics proteomics; population dynamics; transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROTEOMICS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NITROGEN; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROTEOMICS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 78650698301     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04915.x     Document Type: Article

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