Cloning and sequencing of the gene coding for S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase in the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Gene

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Porcelli, Marina ^a   Cacciapuoti, Giovanna ^a   Fusco, Stefania ^a   Bertoldo, Costanzo ^a   De Rosa, Mario ^a   Zappia, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaea; Codon usage; NAD binding domain; Potential regulatory sites; Sequence homology; Thermostable enzymes

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0030600445     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00263-6     Document Type: Article

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