Uracil-DNA glycosylase activities in hyperthermophilic micro-organisms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Koulis, Athanasios ^a   Cowan, Don A ^a   Pearl, Laurence H ^a   Savva, Renos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage PBS1; DNA repair; Hyperthermophile; Uracil DNA glycosylase; Uracil DNA glycosylase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE PHOSPHATE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROBACULUM ISLANDICUM; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0030272402     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00325-4     Document Type: Article

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