An aspartate aminotransferase from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-144

  Okamoto, Akihiro ^a,c   Kato, Ryuichi ^a   Masui, Ryoji ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^b   Oshima, Tairo ^b   Kuramitsu, Seiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; Gene cloning; Prolyl residue; Thermostability; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030025487     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021198     Document Type: Article

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