Purification of cold-shock-like proteins from Stigmatella aurantiaca - Molecular cloning and characterization of the cspA gene

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Stamm, Irmela ^a   Leclerque, Andreas ^a   Plaga, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold shock protein family; Electroporation; Gene expression; Myxobacteria; Protein purification; Stigmatella aurantiaca

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXOCOCCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STIGMATELLA AURANTIACA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCALES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032837403     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050757     Document Type: Article

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