Purification and characterization of Mycoplasma penetrans Ca2+/Mg2+- dependent endonuclease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2210-2220

  Bendjennat, Mourad ^a,b   Blanchard, Alain ^c   Loutfi, Mohammed ^b   Montagnier, Luc ^c   Bahraoui, Elmostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ENDONUCLEASE; MAGNESIUM;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS;

EID: 0030975543     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2210-2220.1997     Document Type: Article

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