DNA from Uncultured Organisms as a Source of 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconic Acid Reductases

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4206-4214

  Eschenfeldt, William H ^a   Stols, Lucy ^a   Rosenbaum, Helga ^a   Khambatta, Zubin S ^a   Quaite Randall, Elsie ^a   Wu, Shan ^b   Kilgore, Donna C ^c   Trent, Jonathan D ^a,d   Donnelly, Mark I ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,5 DIKETO D GLUCONATE 5 REDUCTASE; 2,5-DIKETO-D-GLUCONATE 5-REDUCTASE; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

EID: 0035462106     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4206-4214.2001     Document Type: Article

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