Discovery and characterization of a thermostable bacteriophage RNA ligase homologous to T4 RNA ligase 1

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7247-7254

  Blondal, Thorarinn ^a,b,c   Hjorleifsdottir, Sigridur H ^a   Fridjonsson, Olafur F ^a   Ævarsson, Arnthor ^a   Skirnisdottir, Sigurlaug ^a   Hermannsdottir, Anna Gudny ^a   Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O ^a,b   Smith, Albert Vernon ^c   Kristjansson, Jakob K ^a,b  

^a Prokaria Ltd   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RNA LIGASE; RNA LIGASE 1; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; ICELAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHODOTHERMUS; RNA; RNA LIGASE (ATP); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0347519276     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg914     Document Type: Article

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