Production of cysteine for bacterial and plant biotechnology: Application of cysteine feedback-insensitive isoforms of serine acetyltransferase

Amino Acids

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 195-203

  Wirtz, M ^a   Hell, Rüdiger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial fermentation; Gene cloning; Plant biotechnology; Sulfur amino acids

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037354077     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-002-0313-9     Document Type: Article

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