Screening of a mutant plasmid with high expression efficiency of GC-rich leuB gene of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus, in Escherichia coli

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1031-1034

  Suzuki, Toshiharu ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^b   Ishida, Masami ^c   Ishizuka, Morio ^b   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^a,d   Oshima, Tairo ^a,d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 Cistron expression system; 3 Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase; Expression efficiency; GC rich gene; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; STOP CODON; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030794064     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021690     Document Type: Article

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