Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding cyclic 2,3- diphosphoglycerate synthetase, the key enzyme of cyclic 2,3- diphosphoglycerate metabolism in Methanothermus fervidus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5997-6004

  Matussek, Karl ^a   Moritz, Patrick ^a   Brunner, Nina ^a   Eckerskorn, Christoph ^b   Hensel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOTHERMUS FERVIDUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031791395     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5997-6004.1998     Document Type: Article

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