Characterization of the ColE2-like replicon of plasmid pTT8 from Thermus thermophilus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 353, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1028-1033

  Aoki, Kazuteru ^a   Itoh, Tateo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ColE2 related plasmid; DNA polymerase I; Initiator protein; pTT8; Replication origin; SELEX; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; GLYCEROL; HELICASE; NICKEL; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; RESIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASMID COLE2; PLASMID PTT8; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REP GENE; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33846154906     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.150     Document Type: Article

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