RESEARCH ARTICLE
Cloning, Purification, and Partial Characterization of the Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 Minichromosome Maintenance (MCM) Helicase
Nozomi Sakakibara*, 1, Mimi Han1, Claire R Rollor1, Rebecca C Gilson1, Courtney Busch2, Gunyoung Heo1, Zvi Kelman1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 2
First Page: 13
Last Page: 17
Publisher ID: TOMICROJ-2-13
DOI: 10.2174/1874285800802010013
Article History:
Received Date: 29/11/2007Revision Received Date: 12/2/2008
Acceptance Date: 12/2/2008
Electronic publication date: 12/3/2008
Collection year: 2008

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Abstract
The MCM gene from the archaeon Halobacterium, with and without its intein, was cloned into an Escherichia coli expression vector, overexpressed and the protein was purified and antibodies were generated. The antibodies were used to demonstrate that in vivo only the processed enzyme, without the intein, could be detected.