Functional Qβ replicase genetically fusing essential subunits EF-Ts and EF-Tu with β-subunit

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Kita, Hiroshi ^a   Cho, Junghwa ^a   Matsuura, Tomoaki ^a,b   Nakaishi, Tomoyuki ^a   Taniguchi, Ichiro ^a   Ichikawa, Takehiko ^a   Shima, Yasuhumi ^a   Urabe, Itaru ^a   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fusion protein; Q replicase; RNA amplification; RNA replication

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION; RNA; SOLUBILITY;

FUSION PROTEINS; QΒ REPLICASE; RNA AMPLIFICATION; RNA REPLICATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

Q BETA REPLICASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; Q BETA REPLICASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 33746750133     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.101.421     Document Type: Article

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