Escherichia coli open reading frame 696 is idi, a nonessential gene encoding isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4499-4504

  Hahn, Frederick M ^a   Hurlburt, Anthony P ^a,b   Poulter, C Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Ventana Genetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC CODE; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032811818     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4499-4504.1999     Document Type: Article

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