A prokaryotic sucrose synthase gene (susA) isolated from a filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium encodes a protein similar to those of plants

Planta

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 729-735

  Curatti, Leonardo ^a   Porchia, Andrea C ^a   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^b   Salerno, Graciela L ^a  

^a Fundacion para Investigaciones Biologicas Aplicadas   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp. (sucrose metabolism); Cyanobacterium; Sucrose metabolism; Sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA FRAGMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STRAIN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033793487     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250000343     Document Type: Article

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