Aspartate transcarbamylase from the deep-sea hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi: Genetic organization, structure, and expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4143-4157

  Purcarea, Cristina ^a,b   Hervé, Guy ^b   Ladjimi, Moncef M ^c   Cunin, Raymond ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 0030873134     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4143-4157.1997     Document Type: Article

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