The organization of the leuC, leuD and leuB genes of the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus

Gene

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-132

  Tamakoshi, Masatada ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^a   Oshima, Tairo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complementation analysis; Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase; Isopropylmalate isomerase; Leucine biosynthetic pathway; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CYSTEINE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; LEUCINE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; HEAT; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032487743     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00482-X     Document Type: Article

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