Structural basis for the aminoacid composition of proteins from halophilic archea

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Tadeo, Xavier ^a,b   López Méndez, Blanca ^a   Trigueros, Tamara ^a   Laín, Ana ^a   Castaño, David ^a   Millet, Oscar ^a  

^a CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE (NAD);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN STABILITY; ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALINITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOLUBILITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA LIGASES; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALINITY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 73949105836     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000257     Document Type: Article

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