Malate dehydrogenase from the mesophile Chlorobium vibrioforme and from the mild thermophile Chlorobium tepidum: Molecular cloning, construction of a hybrid, and expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7047-7052

  Naterstad, Kristine ^a   Lauvrak, Vigdis ^a   Sirevåg, Reidun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS;

EID: 0030464956     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7047-7052.1996     Document Type: Article

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