Cloning, expression, and characterization of DNA polymerase from hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex pyrophilus

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1022-1030

  Choi, Jeong Jin ^a   Kwon, Suk Tae ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquifex pyrophilus; DNA polymerase; Exonuclease activity; Hyperthermophile; Sequence analysis; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

CIBACRON BLUE F3GA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA POLYMERASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUIFEX PYROPHILUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BASE PAIRING; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HEAT TREATMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

AQUIFEX; AQUIFEX PYROPHILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VECTORS;

EID: 8644231061     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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