Purification and properties of a DNA primase from Nicotiana tabacum

Planta

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-99

  Garcia Maya, Mitla M ^a   Buck, Kenneth W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA primase; Nicotiana (DNA primase); Oligoribonucleotide primers

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONATION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031929082     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050234     Document Type: Article

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