Ornithine carbamoyltransferase from the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus: Analysis of the gene and characterisation of the protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 466-474

  Sanchez, Rony ^a   Baetens, Margot ^a   Van De Casteele, Mark D E ^b   Roovers, Martine ^a   Legrain, Christiane ^c   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^a,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Institut de Recherches du CERIA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ornithine carbamoyltransferase; Thermophile; Thermostability; Thermus

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030964712     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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