Cloning and Expression of a Ralstonia eutropha HF39 Gene Mediating Indigo Formation in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1964-1969

  Drewlo, Sascha ^a   Brämer, Christian O ^a   Madkour, Mohamed ^b   Mayer, Frank ^b   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BEC PROTEIN, RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; INDIGO; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHANASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOLES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHANASE;

EID: 0035320887     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1964-1969.2001     Document Type: Article

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