Understanding genome structure, function, and evolution in the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium NRC-1

The genome of Halobacterium NRC-1 is 2,571,010 bp and encodes 2,630 proteins. The genome is arranged into 3 replicons, a large chromosome and two smaller mini-chromosomes, pNRC100 and pNRC200. The mini-chromosomes share approximately 145 Kb of sequence similarity and harbor the majority of the 91 IS...

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Main Author: Kennedy, Sean P
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2005
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3163680