Efficient strand transfer by the RadA recombinase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Desulfurococcus amylolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-134

  Kil, Yuri V ^a   Baitin, Dmitry M ^a   Masui, Ryoji ^b   Bonch Osmolovskaya, Elizaveta A ^c   Kuramitsu, Seiki ^b   Lanzov, Vladislav A ^a  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RECOMBINASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATID EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFUROCOCCUS AMYLOLYTICUS; DNA STRAND; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFUROCOCCUS AMYLOLYTICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033987061     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.130-134.2000     Document Type: Article

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