Cloning and expression of the gene encoding RNA polymerase α subunit from alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain C-125

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-276

  Nakasone, Kaoru ^a   Takaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Takami, Hideto ^a   Inoue, Akira ^a,b   Horikoshi, Koki ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphilic bacterium; RNA polymerase subunit; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0031789147     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00451-0     Document Type: Article

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