Biochemical and serological evidence for an RNase E-like activity in halophilic Archaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1180-1185

  Franzetti, Bruno ^a   Sohlberg, Björn ^b   Zaccai, Giuseppe ^a   Von Gabain, Alexander ^b  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031046312     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1180-1185.1997     Document Type: Article

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