Expression of the Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum hpt gene, encoding hypoxanthine (Guanine) phosphoribosyltransferase, in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1958-1962

  Sauer, Jørgen ^a,c   Nygaard, Per ^b,c  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM;

EID: 0033056683     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1958-1962.1999     Document Type: Article

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