Trans protein splicing of cyanobacterial split inteins in endogenous and exogenous combinations

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 322-330

  Dassa, Bareket ^a   Amitai, Gil ^a   Caspi, Jonathan ^a   Schueler Furman, Ora ^b   Pietrokovski, Shmuel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL BONDS; DNA; IONIC STRENGTH; REACTION KINETICS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DOUBLE-LOCK REACTION; EXOGENOUS COMBINATIONS; PROTEIN SPLICING; SPLIT INTEINS;

PROTEINS;

COPPER ION; DNA POLYMERASE; INORGANIC SALT; INTEIN; UREA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYANOBACTERIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; OSCILLATORIA LIMNETICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS VULCANUS; VISCOSITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; INTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SPLICING; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-SPLICING;

CYANOBACTERIA; NANOARCHAEOTA; NOSTOC SP.; OSCILLATORIA LIMNETICA; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS VULCANUS;

EID: 33846072572     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0611762     Document Type: Article

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