Intein harbouring large tandem repeats in replicative DNA helicase of Trichodesmium erythraeum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1185-1192

  Yang, Jing ^a   Meng, Qing ^a   Liu, Xiang Qin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; INTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPLICEOSOME; TANDEM REPEAT; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA HELICASES; DNAB HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SPLICING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 1442276332     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03902.x     Document Type: Article

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