Cloning, overexpression, purification, and physicochemical characterization of a cold shock protein homolog from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 394-403

  Welker, Christine ^a   Böhm, Gerald ^b   Schurig, Hartmut ^a   Jaenicke, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold shock protein; Hyperthermophiles; Molecular modeling; Protein stability; Ribosomal protein L31; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLD STRESS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACILLUS CALDOLYTICUS; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; PROKARYOTA; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0344334040     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.2.394     Document Type: Article

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