Cloning of the sdsA gene encoding solanesyl diphosphate synthase from Rhodobacter capsulatus and its functional expression in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 5992-5998

  Okada, Kazunori ^a   Kamiya, Yasuhiro ^a   Zhu, Xufen ^a   Suzuki, Kengo ^a   Tanaka, Katsunori ^a   Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Matsuda, Hideyuki ^a   Kawamukai, Makoto ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OCTAPRENYLTRANSFERASE; PRENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030884115     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.5992-5998.1997     Document Type: Article

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