Bacillus subtilis acyl carrier protein is encoded in a cluster of lipid biosynthesis genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4794-4800

  Morbidoni, Héctor Ricardo ^a   De Mendoza, Diego ^b   Cronan Jr , John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; LIPID; MALONYL COENZYME A; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029779717     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4794-4800.1996     Document Type: Article

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