Sequence and expression of a halobacterial β-galactosidase gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-122

  Holmes, Melissa L ^a   Dyall Smith, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, REPORTER; HALOFERAX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX LUCENTENSE; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOTOGA; THERMUS;

EID: 0034128505     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01832.x     Document Type: Article

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