Detection and expression of a gene encoding a new bacteriorhodopsin from an extreme halophile strain HT (JCM 9743) which does not possess bacteriorhodopsin activity

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Kamekura, Masahiro ^a   Seno, Yukio ^a   Tomioka, Hiroaki ^b  

^a Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin Extreme halophile Halobacterium salinarum; Photocycle; Vector pXLNov r

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 0031715213     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050040     Document Type: Article

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