Analyses of a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid granule-associated 16-kilodalton protein and its putative regulator in the pha locus of Paracoccus denitrificans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2914-2921

  Maehara, Akira ^a   Ueda, Shunsaku ^b   Nakano, Hideo ^a   Yamane, Tsuneo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLASTIC; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROKARYOTA; UEDA;

EID: 0032899539     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2914-2921.1999     Document Type: Article

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