ppc, the gene for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Rhodothermus obamensis: Cloning, sequencing and overexpression in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1423-1434

  Takai, Ken ^a,b   Sako, Yoshihiko ^a   Uchida, Aritsune ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extreme thermophile; Gene cloning; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Rhodothermus obamensis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS; RHODOTHERMUS OBAMENSIS; THERMUS; THERMUS SP.;

EID: 0031750871     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1423     Document Type: Article

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