Pyrimidine biosynthesis genes (pyrE and pyrF) of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2191-2194

  Yamagishi, Akihiko ^a   Tanimoto, Tomoaki ^a   Suzuki, Toshiharu ^a   Oshima, Tairo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OROTIC ACID; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030001222     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2191-2194.1996     Document Type: Article

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