Isolation of Vibrio harveyi acyl carrier protein and the fabG, acpP, and fabF genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 571-573

  Shen, Zhiwei ^a,c   Byers, David M ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0030034657     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.571-573.1996     Document Type: Article

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