5-aminolevulinate production by Escherichia coli containing the Rhodobacter sphaeroides hemA gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3560-3566

  Van Der Werf, Mariët J ^a,c   Zeikus, J Gregory ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029768712     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3560-3566.1996     Document Type: Article

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