Molecular cloning, sequencing and expression in Escherichia coli of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) synthesis genes from Alcaligenes latus DSM1124

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 123-135

  Genser, Klaus F ^a   Renner, Gerald ^a   Schwab, Helmut ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heterologous expression; NADH oxidase activity; Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BACTERIAL COLONY; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; OXIDASE ACTIVITY; PLASMID HARBORING; POLYHYDROXYLALKANOATE;

CLONING;

HYDROXYACID; PLASMID DNA; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME;

ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS; ALCALIGENES LATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032497720     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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