Hyperthermophiles and the problem of DNA instability
Open Access
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 28 (6) , 1043-1049
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00853.x
Abstract
Rates of chemical decomposition of DNA at the optimal growth temperatures of hyperthermophiles seem incongruent with the requirements of accurate genome replication. The peculiar physiology, ecology ...This publication has 47 references indexed in Scilit:
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