Cloning, sequence analysis, expression and inactivation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum pta-ack operon encoding phosphotransacetylase and acetate kinase

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 503-513

  Reinscheid, Dieter J ^a   Schnicke, Stephanie ^a   Rittmann, Doris ^b   Zahnow, Ulrike ^b   Sahm, Hermann ^b   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate kinase; Acetate metabolism; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Phosphotransacetylase; pta ack operon

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; STOP CODON;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 0032995716     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-2-503     Document Type: Article

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