Molecular cloning of the gene that codes for the pyruvate kinase of Bacillus subtilis, primary characterization of a strain carrying this gene insertionally inactivated

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Muñoz, María Enriqueta ^a   Le Borgne, Sylvie ^a   Bolívar, Francisco ^a   Valle, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; PYRUVATE KINASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344075899     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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