Cloning of an EF-P homologue from Bacteroides fragilis that increases B. fragilis glutamine synthetase activity in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-372

  Abratt, V R ^a   Mbewe, M ^b   Woods, D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Elongation factor P (EF P); Glutamine synthetase; Translation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR P; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GENITALIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0031866178     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050742     Document Type: Article

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