Two family B DNA polymerases from Aeropyrum pernix, an aerobic hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5984-5992

  Cann, Isaac K O ^a   Ishino, Sonoko ^a   Nomura, Norimichi ^b   Sako, Yoshihiko ^b   Ishino, Yoshizumi ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APHIDICOLIN; DNA POLYMERASE; EXONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY;

AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; PYRODICTIUM OCCULTUM;

EID: 0032875628     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.5984-5992.1999     Document Type: Article

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