Existence of a true phosphofructokinase in Bacillus sphaericus: Cloning and sequencing of the pfk gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6410-6415

  Alice, Alejandro F ^a   Pérez Martínez, Gaspar ^b   Sáchez Rivas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

MOSQUITO LARVAE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; HEXOSE; PENTOSE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILARIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PFK GENE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0242669324     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6410-6415.2002     Document Type: Article

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