Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the DNA ligase-encoding gene from Thermus filiformis

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 438-443

  Kim, Hyun Kyu ^a   Kwon, Suk Tae ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Tfi DNA Ligase; Tfi DNA Ligase Gene; Thermus filiformis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA LIGASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMUS;

EID: 0032584830     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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