Cloning and expression of the gene for serine-glyoxylate aminotransferase from an obligate methylotroph Hyphomicrobium methylovorum GM2

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Hagishita, Tairo ^a   Yoshida, Toyokazu ^a   Izumi, Yoshikazu ^b   Mitsunaga, Toshio ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase; Hyphomicrobium; Methylotroph; Serine pathway

Indexed keywords

ALANINE GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPHOMICROBIUM; HYPHOMICROBIUM METHYLOVORUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

EID: 0029807112     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0001t.x     Document Type: Article

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