Cloning and characterization of the uvrD gene from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8

Gene

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Hiramatsu, Yoshiaki ^a   Kato, Ryuichi ^a   Kawaguchi, Shin Ichi ^a   Kuramitsu, Seiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complementation; DNA helicase; DNA repair; Nucleotide excision repair; UV sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; HELICASE; METHIONINE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COSMID; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030866053     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00349-1     Document Type: Article

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