DNA polymerase III of Enterococcus faecalis: Expression and characterization of recombinant enzymes encoded by the polC and dnaE genes

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-97

  Foster, Kimberly A ^a   Barnes, Marjorie H ^a   Stephenson, Ryan O ^a   Butler, Michelle M ^a   Skow, Donna J ^a   LaMarr, William A ^a   Brown, Neal C ^b  

^a MICROBIOTIX INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

dnaE; Enterococcus faecalis DNA polymerases; Pol III C; Pol III E; polC

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNA POLYMERASE III, ALPHA SUBUNIT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POLC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0038050854     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(02)00577-6     Document Type: Article

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