Microbial ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase: A molecule for phylogenetic and enzymological investigation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-22

  Watson, Gregory M F ^a   Tabita, F Robert ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

kinetics; molecular phylogeny; mutagenesis; ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase; RubisCO; structure

Indexed keywords

OXYGENASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031024440     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00417-X     Document Type: Article

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