Ploidy and gene conversion in archaea

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-154

  Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crenarchaeota; Euryarchaeota; Gene conversion; Haloferax volcanii; Ploidy; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRENARCHAEOTA; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONVERSION; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFOLOBUS;

ARCHAEA; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; PLOIDIES;

CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 79551500216     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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