Bacillus caldolyticus prs gene encoding phosphoribosyldiphosphate synthase

Gene

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 73-79

  Krath, Britta N ^a   Hove Jensen, Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CDNA; ctc; gcaD; N acetylglucosamine 1 phosphate uridyltransferase; Operon expression; Phosphoribosyl diphosphate; Phosphoribosylpyro phosphate; Thermophile; tms

Indexed keywords

HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSEPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS CALDOLYTICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030591757     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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