Minimization and stabilization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis recA intein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 354, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 916-926

  Hiraga, Kaori ^a   Derbyshire, Victoria ^a,b   Dansereau, John T ^a   Van Roey, Patrick ^a   Belfort, Marlene ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Intein structure; Mini intein; Protein splicing; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

INTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 28444477686     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.088     Document Type: Article

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