Cloning, expression, purification and characterization of DNA topoisomerase I of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Gene

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Yang, Fude ^a   Lu, Guizhen ^a   Rubin, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene isolation; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPERMIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030608387     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00335-6     Document Type: Article

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