Isolation and expression of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides gene (pgsA) encoding phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1030-1038

  Dryden, Sylvia C ^a   Dowhan, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030047495     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.4.1030-1038.1996     Document Type: Article

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