Sequencing, cloning, and high-level expression of the pfp gene, encoding a PP(i)-dependent phosphofructokinase from the extremely thermophilic eubacterium Dictyoglomus thermophilum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4661-4666

  Ding, Yan Huai R ^a   Ronimus, Ron S ^a   Morgan, Hugh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE;

ARTICLE; DICTYOGLOMUS THERMOPHILUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); DICTYOGLOMUS THERMOPHILUM; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPHILUM; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033907956     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4661-4666.2000     Document Type: Article

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