Genetic elements in the extremely thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus

Extremophiles. 1998 Aug;2(3):131-40. doi: 10.1007/s007920050052.

Abstract

This minireview summarizes what is known about genetic elements in the archaeal crenarchaeotal genus Sulfolobus, including recent work on viruses, cryptic plasmids, a novel type of virus satellite plasmids or satellite viruses, and conjugative plasmids (CPs), mostly from our laboratory. It does not discuss IS elements and transposons.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Fuselloviridae / isolation & purification
  • Fuselloviridae / ultrastructure
  • Genes, Archaeal
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Genome, Viral
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Plasmids / isolation & purification
  • Sulfolobus / genetics*
  • Sulfolobus / ultrastructure
  • Sulfolobus / virology
  • Viruses / isolation & purification
  • Viruses / ultrastructure