Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of genes encoding Mn-superoxide dismutase and class II fumarase from Thermus aquaticus YT-1

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Motoshima, Hidemasa ^a   Minagawa, Etsuo ^c   Tsukasaki, Fuji ^c   Kaminogawa, Shuichi ^b  

^a Research Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fumarase; Fumarate hydratase; Superoxide dismutase; Thermus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; POLYPEPTIDES;

FUMARATE HYDRATASE; MANGANESE-SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING;

CLONING;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031822159     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80028-7     Document Type: Article

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