Cloning, sequencing, and expression of genes encoding phosphotransacetylase and acetate kinase from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2758-2766

  Boynton, Zhuang L ^a   Bennett, George N ^a   Rudolph, Frederick B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029762151     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2758-2766.1996     Document Type: Article

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