Characterization of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa fatty acid biosynthetic gene cluster: Purification of acyl carrier protein (ACP) and malonyl-coenzyme A:ACP transacylase (FabD)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5498-5504

  Kutchma, Alecksandr J ^a   Hoang, Tung T ^a   Schweizer, Herbert P ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; CHITIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALONYL COENZYME A; PANTETHEINE PHOSPHATE; VACCENIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032869032     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5498-5504.1999     Document Type: Article

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