Ralstonia eutropha H16 encodes two and possibly three intracellular poly[D-(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate] depolymerase genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3788-3794

  York, Gregory M ^a,b   Lupberger, Joachim ^a,c   Tian, Jiamin ^a   Lawrence, Adam G ^a   Stubbe, JoAnne ^a   Sinskey, Anthony J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USB Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLY(DEXTRO 3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE)DEPOLYMERASE; PROTEIN PHAZ1; PROTEIN PHAZ2; PROTEIN PHAZ3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA METALLIDURANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CULTURE MEDIA; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYESTERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA METALLIDURANS;

EID: 0037701554     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3788-3794.2003     Document Type: Article

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