Characterization of intein homing endonuclease encoded in the DNA polymerase gene of Thermococcus marinus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-188

  Bae, Heejin ^a   Kim, Kee Pum ^a   Song, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Jun Hwan ^a   Yang, Joo Sung ^a   Kwon, Suk Tae ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endonuclease; Intein; Thermococcus marinus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA POLYMERASE; GLYCINE; INTEIN; LEUCYLALANYLGLYCYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLASPARTYLGLYCINE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS MARINUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ENDONUCLEASES; INTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SPLICING; THERMOCOCCUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOCOCCUS MARINUS;

EID: 68249136795     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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