Molecular cloning and characterisation of the ribC gene from Bacillus subtilis: A point mutation in ribC results in riboflavin overproduction

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Coquard, D ^a   Huecas, M ^a   Ott, M ^a   Van Dijl, J M ^b   Van Loon, A P G M ^a   Hohmann, H P ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; FAD synthase; Flavin kinase; RibC; Riboflavin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RIBOFLAVIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RIBOFLAVIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030989763     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050393     Document Type: Article

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