Protein organization on the PHA inclusion cytoplasmic boundary

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 137-144

  Stuart, E S ^a   Tehrani, Ali ^a   Valentin, Henry E ^b   Dennis, Douglas ^b   Lenz, Robert W ^a   Fuller, Clinton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA); Polymer inclusion; Subcellular compartmentalization; Ultrastructural studies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

CYTOPLASMIC BOUNDARY; GENE ENCODING; POLYHYDROXYLALKANOATE; POLYMER INCLUSION; PROTEIN ORGANIZATION; SUBCELLULAR COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GRANULE; CELL INCLUSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDS, ACYCLIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE FRACTURING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0032497740     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00096-0     Document Type: Article

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