Molecular cloning and characterization of thermostable DNA ligase from Aquifex pyrophilus, a hyperthermophilic bacterium

Extremophiles

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-168

  Lim, Jae Hwan ^a   Choi, Juhyun ^a   Han, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Sung Hou ^a,c   Hwang, Hye Zin ^d   Jin, Dong Kyu ^e   Ahn, Byung Yoon ^b   Han, Ye Sun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquifex pyrophilus; DNA ligase; Hyperthermophile; Repeat expansion detection; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIVALENT CATION; MONOVALENT CATION; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE (NAD);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA LIGASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS;

EID: 0035378247     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100187     Document Type: Article

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