Thermostability Mechanisms in Enzymes from Thermotoga neapolitana and Pyrococcus furiosus

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 245-249

  Vieille, Claire ^a   Sriprapundh, Dinlaka ^a   Savchenko, Alexei ^a   Kang, Suil ^a   Krishnamurthy, Harini ^a   Gregory Zeikus, J ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

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