Determinants for overproduction of the Pseudomonas oleovorans cytoplasmic membrane protein alkane hydroxylase in alk+ Escherichia coli W3110

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 762-768

  Nieboer, Maarten ^a   Gunnewijk, Marga ^a,b   Van Beilen, Jan B ^a   Without, Bernard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031025145     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.762-768.1997     Document Type: Article

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