Genetic analysis of selenocysteine biosynthesis in the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 249-258

  Hohn, Michael J ^a   Palioura, Sotiria ^a   Su, Dan ^a   Yuan, Jing ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOSERYL TRANSFER RNA KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FRC; PROTEIN VHC; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; SERINE TRANSFER RNA; SERINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HRSM GENE; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSTK GENE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SELD GENE; SEPSECS GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACIDS; GENE DELETION; HYDROGEN; METHANOCOCCUS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS;

EID: 79959553087     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07690.x     Document Type: Article

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