Molecular characterization of a recombinant replication protein (Rep) from the Antarctic bacterium Psychrobacter sp. TA144

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-55

  Duilio, Angela ^a   Tutino, M Luisa ^a   Matafora, Vittoria ^a   Sannia, Giovanni ^a   Marino, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Plasmid; Psychrophile; Refolding; Rep protein; Rolling circle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HELICASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INCLUSION; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSYCHROBACTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0035917542     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00121-5     Document Type: Article

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