Cloning, nucleotide sequence and expression of gene coding for poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) synthase of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-236

  Kim, J I Hoe ^a   Lee, Jeong Kug ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heterologous expression; PHB; PhbC2 4 1; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001599537     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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