Cloning, sequencing, mapping and hyperexpression of the ribC gene coding for riboflavin synthase of Escherichia coli

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 712-719

  Eberhardt, Sabine ^a   Richter, Gerald ^a   Gimbel, Wolfgang ^b   Werner, Thomas ^b   Bacher, Adelbert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Escherichia coli; Molecular cloning; ribC; Riboflavin synthase

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATOR GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030437174     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0712r.x     Document Type: Article

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