The Sso7d protein of Sulfolobus solfataricus: In vitro relationship among different activities

Archaea

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Guagliardi, Annamaria ^a   Cerchia, Laura ^a   Rossi, Mosè ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ATP hydrolysis; DNA binding protein; Hydrophobic protein interaction; Protein aggregation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARCIA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0037692270     PISSN: 14723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/313147     Document Type: Article

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