Structure and expression of elongation factor Tu from Bacillus stearothermophilus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-381

  Krásný, Libor ^a   Mesters, Jeroen R ^b   Tieleman, Lian N ^b,c   Kraal, Barend ^c   Fučík, Vladimír ^a   Hilgenfeld, Rolf ^b   Jonák, Jiří ^a  

^a Flemingovo N2 ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus stearothermophilus; EF Tu; Kirromycin; Pulvomycin; tuf gene transcription

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; MOCIMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTER MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOP CODON;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032561126     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2102     Document Type: Article

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