Thermostable Pyrococcus furiosus DNA ligase catalyzes the synthesis of (di)nucleoside polyphosphates

Extremophiles

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-50

  Günther Sillero, Maria A ^a   Montes, María ^a   De Diego, Anabel ^a   Del Valle, Mercedes ^a   Atencia, Eva Ana ^a   Sillero, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenosine(5)tetraphospho(5)adenosine (Ap4A); Dinucleoside polyphosphates; Ligase chain reaction; Ligases; Pyrococcus furiosus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CATALYSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; DNA LIGASES; KINETICS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RIBONUCLEOTIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036480786     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100227     Document Type: Article

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