Cloning, expression, and crystallization of a hyperthermophilic protein that is homologous to the eukaryotic translation initiation factor, eIF5A

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2268-2270

  Kim, Kyeong Kyu ^a   Yokota, Hisao ^a   Kim, Rosalind ^a   Kim, Sung Hou ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermophile; Methanococcus jannaschii; Translation initiation factor; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030817185     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061023     Document Type: Article

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