REVERSE GYRASE IN THERMOPHILIC EUBACTERIA

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作者
DELATOUR, CB
PORTEMER, C
HUBER, R
FORTERRE, P
DUGUET, M
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 06,ENZYMOL ACIDES NUCL LAB,CNRS,URA 554,96 BLVD RASPAIL,F-75006 PARIS,FRANCE
[2] UNIV REGENSBURG,INST BIOCHEM GENET & MIKROBIOL,W-8400 REGENSBURG,GERMANY
[3] UNIV PARIS 11,INST MICROBIOL,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
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10.1128/JB.173.12.3921-3923.1991
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The presence of reverse gyrase, an unusual ATP-dependent type I topoisomerase first isolated from thermophilic archaebacteria, has been detected in four strains of Thermotogales, an order of extremely thermophilic eubacteria. This result suggests that reverse gyrase plays a key role in high-temperature-living organisms, independently of the evolutionary kingdom to which they belong.
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页码:3921 / 3923
页数:3
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