Polyhydroxyalkanoate production in Rhodobacter capsulatus: Genes, mutants, expression, and physiology

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3003-3009

  Kranz, Robert G ^a,c   Gabbert, Karen K ^a   Locke, Terry A ^b   Madigan, Michael T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030749623     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3003-3009.1997     Document Type: Article

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