Biosynthesis of medium-chain-length poly(hydroxyalkanoates) with altered composition by mutant hybrid PHA synthases

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 322-326

  Solaiman, Daniel K Y ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrolase fold; Hybrid gene; Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) synthases

Indexed keywords

ALKANOIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; POLY(HYDROXYALKANOATE) DERIVATIVE; POLY(HYDROXYALKANOATE) SYNTHASE; POLYMER; PROTEIN PHA7; PROTEIN PHA8; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DECANOIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYESTERS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS RESINOVORANS;

EID: 0037488524     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-003-0059-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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