Cloning of the Alcaligenes latus polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis genes and use of these genes for enhanced production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4897-4903

  Choi, Jong Il ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a   Han, Kyuboem ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b LG Chemical Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES LATUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES LATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM ALCALIGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0345337252     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4897-4903.1998     Document Type: Article

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