Archaeal histone stability, DNA binding, and transcription inhibition above 90°C

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Soares, Divya ^a   Dahlke, Isabel ^b   Li, Wen Tyng ^a   Sandman, Kathleen ^a   Hethke, Carina ^b   Thomm, Michael ^b   Reeve, John N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome stabilization; In vitro transcription; Protein stability; Salt dependence

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING; DNA; HEAT RESISTANCE; HISTONE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION; TRANSCRIPTION INHIBITION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOTHERMUS FERVIDUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0032076879     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050045     Document Type: Article

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