Gene cloning and sequence analysis of cobyric acid synthase and cobalamin (5'-phosphate) synthase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus sp. KOD1

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-112

  Abd Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha ^a   Fujiwara, Shinsuke ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

archaea; evolution; hyperthermophile; vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; METHANOGENS; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; VITAMINS;

ARCHAEA; COBALAMIN; COBYRIC ACID; HYPERTHERMOPHILE;

GENES;

COBALAMIN; DNA FRAGMENT; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0343118136     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)87336-9     Document Type: Article

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