A gene (plsD) from Clostridium butyricum that functionally substitutes for the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase gene (plsB) of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7257-7263

  Heath, Richard J ^a   Goldfine, Howard ^b   Rock, Charles O ^a,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYL COENZYME A; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030670712     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7257-7263.1997     Document Type: Article

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