Overexpression, purification, and characterization of the thermostable mevalonate kinase from Methanococcus jannaschii

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Huang, Ke Xue ^a   Scott, A I ^b   Bennett, George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archae; Isoprenoid; Methanococcus jannaschii; Mevalonate kinase

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; ISOPROPYL BETA THIOGALACTOPYRANOSIDE; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOGENESIS; MEVALONATE KINASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033213593     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1106     Document Type: Article

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