trans activation of the Escherichia coli ato structural genes by a regulatory protein from Bacillus megaterium: Potential use in polyhydroxyalkanoate production

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 737-742

  Pettinari, M J ^a   Vazquez, G J ^a   Kruger N ^b   Vary, P S ^c   Steinbuchel A ^b   Mendez B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE TRANSFER; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; POLYESTERS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031838494     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051240     Document Type: Article

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