Random gene dissection: A tool for the investigation of protein structural organization

BioTechniques

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-402

  Sapranauskas, Rimantas ^a   Lubys, Arvydas ^a,b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Fermentas UAB   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DNA; ENZYMES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

DNA RECOGNITION; PROTEIN STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; RANDOM GENE DISSECTION (RGD); SOS DNA REPAIR RESPONSE;

GENES;

ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA REPAIR; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 27744460795     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05393RR01     Document Type: Article

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