Identification and isolation of the indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase gene from Azospirillum brasilense Sp7: Sequencing and functional analysis of the gene locus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 327-331

  Zimmer, Wolfgang ^a   Wesche, Markus ^b   Timmermans, Line ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INDOLES; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPTOPHAN;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031966579     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900317     Document Type: Article

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