Expression and molecular characterization of spherical particles derived from the genome of the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeote Pyrococcus furiosus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-199

  Namba, Kazunori ^a   Hagiwara, Kyoji ^b   Tanaka, Hideaki ^a   Nakaishi, Yuichiro ^a   Chong, Khoon Tee ^a   Yamashita, Eiki ^a   Armah, George Enyimah ^a,c   Ono, Yasuko ^a   Ishino, Yoshizumi ^d   Omura, Toshihiro ^b   Tsukihara, Tomitake ^a   Nakagawa, Atsushi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Hyperthermophile; Pyrococcus furiosus; Spherical particle; Virus like particle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 24644441789     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi111     Document Type: Article

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