Purification and Characterization of the PcrA Helicase of Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6633-6639

  Naqvi, Asma ^a   Tinsley, Eowyn ^a   Khan, Saleem A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HELICASE; PCRA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PCRA GENE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0242407470     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6633-6639.2003     Document Type: Article

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