Polyploidy in haloarchaea: Advantages for growth and survival

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Zerulla, Karolin ^a   Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Desiccation; Gene conversion; Haloferax volcanii; Polyploidy; Survival

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DESICCATION; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYPLOIDY; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 84904891346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00274     Document Type: Review

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