The structure of the α-galactosidase gene loci in Thermus brockianus ITI360 and Thermus thermophilus TH125

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-33

  Fridjonsson, Olafur ^a   Watzlawick, Hildegard ^a   Mattes, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galactoside utilization genes; Insertional inactivation; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; CLONED GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC STRAIN; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; WILD RELATIVE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; THERMUS BROCKIANUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0034101241     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050004     Document Type: Article

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