Reverse gyrase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: Properties and gene structure

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 274-281

  De La Tour, Claire Bouthier ^a   Portemer, Christiane ^a   Kaltoum, Habib ^a   Duguet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0031936513     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.274-281.1998     Document Type: Article

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