Antarctic DNA moving forward: Genomic plasticity and biotechnological potential

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Martínez Rosales, Cecilia ^a,b   Fullana, Natalia ^a   Musto, Héctor ^a   Castro Sowinski, Susana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Cold adapted; Mobile genetic element

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTARCTICA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENOMIC ISLAND; GENOMICS; GENOMICS PLASTICITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPOSON;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMICS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METAGENOME; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84860432420     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02531.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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