Characterization of a novel thermostable nuclease homolog (NucM) in a highly divergent Staphylococcus aureus clade

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4036-4038

  Schaumburg, Frieder ^a   Pauly, Maude ^b   Schubert, Grit ^b   Shittu, Adebayo ^c   Tong, Steven ^d   Leendertz, Fabian ^b   Peters, Georg ^a   Becker, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; THERMOSTABLE NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUC GENE; NUC1 GENE; NUC2 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROLYSIS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84908313932     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02327-14     Document Type: Article

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