Identification and isolation of genes involved in poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) biosynthesis in Azospirillum brasilense and characterization of a phbC mutant

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2943-2949

  Kadouri, Daniel ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES; SOILS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE;

GENE;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STARVATION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYESTERS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STARVATION;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 0036271335     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.6.2943-2949.2002     Document Type: Article

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