Identification of an L-dopa decarboxylase gene from Sorangium cellulosum So ce90

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-306

  Müller, Rolf ^a   Gerth, Klaus ^a   Brandt, Petra ^a   Blöcker, Helmut ^a   Beyer, Stefan ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase; L Dopa; Myxobacteria; Sorangium cellulosum; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCALES; PHENYLALANINE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCALES; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM; PROKARYOTA; SORANGIUM;

EID: 0034076371     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002039900131     Document Type: Article

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