TY - JOUR AU - Das, Sabyasachi AU - Paul, Sandip AU - Bag, Sumit K. AU - Dutta, Chitra PY - 2006 DA - 2006/07/25 TI - Analysis of Nanoarchaeum equitans genome and proteome composition: indications for hyperthermophilic and parasitic adaptation JO - BMC Genomics SP - 186 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Nanoarchaeum equitans, the only known hyperthermophilic archaeon exhibiting parasitic life style, has raised some new questions about the evolution of the Archaea and provided a model of choice to study the genome landmarks correlated with thermo-parasitic adaptation. In this context, we have analyzed the genome and proteome composition of N. equitans and compared the same with those of other mesophiles, hyperthermophiles and obligatory host-associated organisms. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-7-186 DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-7-186 ID - Das2006 ER -