Isolation of the gene encoding Pyrococcus furiosus ornithine carbamoyltransferase and study of its expression profile in vivo and in vitro

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1038-1045

  Roovers, Martine ^a   Hethke, Carina ^b   Legrain, Christianne ^c   Thomm, Michael ^b   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^a,c,d,e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Research Institute of the CERIA   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e Institut de Recherches du CERIA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaea; Diphthine synthetase; Ornithine carbamoyltransferase; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTANT; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TATA BOX; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030747508     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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