Identification and sequence analysis of Sulfolobus solfataricus purE and purK genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Schildt Sørensen, Iben ^a   Dandanell, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Functional complementation; purE; Purine biosynthesis; purK; Sulfolobus solfataricus

Indexed keywords

PURINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PURINES; SULFOLOBUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0343907310     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00320-0     Document Type: Article

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