Cloning of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides hisI gene: Unifunctionality of the encoded protein and lack of linkage to other his genes

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2071-2078

  Oriol, Esther ^a   Méndez Álvarez, Sebastián ^a   Barbé, Jordi ^a   Gibert, Isidre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome mapping; hisI gene; Histidine biosynthesis; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES 2.4.1; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029823688     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2071     Document Type: Article

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