Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 possesses a two-component polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase similar to that of anoxygenic purple sulfur bacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 162-170

  Hein, Silke ^a   Tran, Hai ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERREDOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYESTERS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALCALIGENES; ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; CHROMATIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; THIOCAPSA; THIOCOCCUS PFENNIGII; THIOCYSTIS VIOLACEA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031686669     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050629     Document Type: Article

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