DNA sequencing and expression of the formyl coenzyme A transferase gene, frc, from Oxalobacter formigenes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3378-3381

  Sidhu, Harmeet ^a   Ogden, Sharon D ^b   Lung, Hui Yu ^a,d   Luttge, Benjamin G ^a   Baetz, Albert L ^c   Peck, Ammon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ixion Biotechnology Inc   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYTOSOL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES;

EID: 0030995329     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3378-3381.1997     Document Type: Article

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