Cloning, sequencing, and disruption of the Bacillus subtilis psd gene coding for phosphatidylserine decarboxylase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-106

  Matsumoto, Kouji ^a   Okada, Masahiro ^a,b   Horikoshi, Yuko ^a,d   Matsuzaki, Hiroshi ^a   Kishi, Tsutomu ^b   Itaya, Mitsuhiro ^c   Shibuya, Isao ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^d Immuno Biological Laboratories Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031983523     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.100-106.1998     Document Type: Article

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