Expression of the Corynebacterium glutamicum panD gene encoding L- aspartate-α-decarboxylase leads to pantothenate overproduction in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1530-1539

  Dusch, Nicole ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Kalinowski, Jörn ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE ALPHA DECARBOXYLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PANTOTHENIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345561592     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1530-1539.1999     Document Type: Article

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