Archaeal extrachromosomal genetic elements

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-152

  Wang, Haina ^a   Peng, Nan ^b   Shah, Shiraz A ^c   Huang, Li ^a   She, Qunxin ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; INTEGRASE; SSV1 INTEGRASE; SSV1 PROTEIN; SSV2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; AEROPYRUM; ARCHAEAL EXTRACHROMOSOMAL GENETIC ELEMENT; ARCHAEAL VIRUS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONJUGATION; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HALOBACTERIALES; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; METHANOGEN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOCOCCALES; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, VIRAL; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84924408439     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00042-14     Document Type: Review

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