Adenine Deaminase Activity of the yicP Gene Product of Escherichia coli

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1112-1118

  Matsui, Hiroshi ^a   Shimaoka, Megumi ^a   Kawasaki, Hisashi ^a   Takenaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Kurahashi, Osamu ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenine deaminase; Escherichia coli; Inosine production; yicP gene

Indexed keywords

ADENINE DEAMINASE; HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINOHYDROLASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035347114     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1112     Document Type: Article

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