Molecular characterization of the α-glucosidase gene (malA) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1287-1295

  Rolfsmeier, Michael ^a   Haseltine, Cynthia ^a   Bini, Elisabetta ^a   Clark, Amy ^a   Blum, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOGEN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL PH; DNA FLANKING REGION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TATA BOX; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0031886567     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1287-1295.1998     Document Type: Article

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