Identification and sequencing of a cDNA encoding 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from a fungus, Cunninghamella elegans and expression of the gene in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-402

  Wang, Rong Fu ^a   Khan, Ashraf A ^a   Cao, Wei Wen ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase; Cloning; Cunninghamella elegans

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CUNNINGHAMELLA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0032465420     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00518-7     Document Type: Article

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