Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of the nucH gene encoding an extracellular nuclease from Aeromonas hydrophila JMP636

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3926-3933

  Dodd, Helen N ^a   Pemberton, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029888608     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3926-3933.1996     Document Type: Article

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