Extremely thermostable elongation factor G from Aquifex aeolicus: Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization in a heterologous translation system

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-261

  Martemyanov, Kirill A ^a   Liljas, Anders ^b   Gudkov, Anatoly T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; FUS GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSLATION FACTOR G;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034006565     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1178     Document Type: Article

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