Characterization of a thermophilic DNA ligase from the archaeon Thermococcus fumicolans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-273

  Rolland, Jean Luc ^a   Gueguen, Yannick ^a,d   Persillon, Cècile ^b   Masson, Jean Michel ^c   Dietrich, Jacques ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Proteus SA   (France)

^c INSA   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Archaea; DNA ligase; Hyperthermophile; Thermococcus fumicolans

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EURYARCHAEOTA; LIGATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS FUMICOLANS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYMES; DNA LIGASES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS FUMICOLANS;

EID: 3142564389     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.045     Document Type: Article

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