Protein splicing of the three Pyrococcus abyssi ribonucleotide reductase inteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Kerrigan, Adam M ^a   Powers, Taryn L ^a   Dorval, Deirdre M ^a   Reitter, Julie N ^a   Mills, Kenneth V ^a  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Extein; Homing endonuclease; Intein; Protein splicing; Pyrococcus abyssi; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

INTEINS; PROTEIN SPLICING; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 67651067537     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.145     Document Type: Article

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