The phbC (poly-β-hydroxybutyrate synthase) gene of Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti and characterization of phbC mutants

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 554-564

  Willis, Laura B ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

PHA; PHB; phbC; Poly hydroxybutyrate; Rhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

POLY(3 HYDROXYBYUTYRATE)SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031813179     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w98-033     Document Type: Article

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