Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding the pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase of Desulfovibrio africanus, production of the recombinant enzyme in Escherichia coli, and effect of carboxy-terminal deletions on its stability

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5684-5692

  Pieulle, Laetitia ^b   Magro, Valerie ^b   Hatchikian, E Claude ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; OXYGEN; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030884074     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5684-5692.1997     Document Type: Article

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