Cloning of the RNA polymerase α subunit gene from Thermus thermophilus HB8 and characterization of the protein

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-150

  Wada, Takashi ^a   Yamazaki, Toshio ^a   Kuramitsu, Seiki ^a   Kyogoku, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene cloning; Ribosomal protein; RNA polymerase subunit; Thermostability; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032973746     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022251     Document Type: Article

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