A gyrB-like gene from the hyperthermophilic bacterion Thermotoga maritima

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Guipaud, Olivier ^a   Labedan, Bernard ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dna topoisomerase II; GyrB; ParE; Phylogenetic tree; Thermophiles; Transaminase B

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0030603229     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00508-2     Document Type: Article

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