Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding Clostridium butyricum rubredoxin

Anaerobe

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Gerard P ^a   Charpentier, B ^a   Young, M ^b   Branlant, C ^a   Petitdemange, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium butyricum; Inverse PCR; Rubredoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RUBREDOXIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; STOP CODON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0343963245     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0315     Document Type: Article

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