Manipulation of the tuf gene provides clues to the localization of sequence element(s) involved in the thermal stability of Thermotoga maritima elongation factor Tu

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2525-2532

  Sanangelantoni, Anna M ^a   Cammarano, Piero ^b   Tiboni, Orsola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elongation factor Tu; Extreme thermophiles; Genetic manipulation; Protein engineering; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0029763007     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2525     Document Type: Article

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