Molecular analysis of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) synthase gene from a methylotrophic bacterium, Paracoccus denitrificans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 774-779

  Ueda, Shunsaku ^a   Yabutani, Tetsuya ^b   Maehara, Akira ^b   Yamane, Tsuneo ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA PROBE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0030024162     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.774-779.1996     Document Type: Article

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