Cloning and analysis of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyhexanoate) biosynthesis genes of Aeromonas caviae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4821-4830

  Fukui, Toshiaki ^a   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALKANOIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; PLASTIC; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0030802446     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4821-4830.1997     Document Type: Article

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