Cloning, characterization, and expression of a novel gene encoding a reversible 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase from Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 5119-5122

  Huang, Jianbin ^a,b   He, Hongqi ^a,c   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BIOTIN; CARBOXYLYASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HYDROXYBENZOICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM HYDROXYBENZOICUM;

EID: 0032816643     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.5119-5122.1999     Document Type: Article

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