Analysis of 4-phosphopantetheinylation of polyhydroxybutyrate synthase from Ralstonia eutropha: Generation of β-alanine auxotrophic Tn5 mutants and cloning of the panD gene region

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1429-1435

  Hoppensack, Astrid ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

RALSTONIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0033049830     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1429-1435.1999     Document Type: Article

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