Host and viral transcriptional regulators in Sulfolobus: An overview

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 881-895

  Contursi, Patrizia ^a   Fusco, Salvatore ^a   Limauro, Danila ^a   Fiorentino, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genomics; Sulfolobus spp.; Sulfolobus viruses; Transcriptional regulators

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SULFOLOBUS; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SULFOLOBUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84886288654     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0586-9     Document Type: Review

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