Polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation in Burkholderia sp.: A molecular approach to elucidate the genes involved in the formation of two homopolymers consisting of short-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 453-460

  De Andrade Rodrigues, M F ^a   Valentin, H E ^b   Berger, P A ^b   Tran, M ^b   Asrar, J ^b   Gruys, K J ^b   Steinbuchel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0009709890     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051641     Document Type: Article

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