Isolation and analysis of the argG gene encoding argininosuccinate synthetase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 949-954

  Ko, Soon Young ^a   Yim, Sei Hyun ^a   Lee, Heung Shick ^b   Lee, Myeong Sok ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

argG; Argininosuccinate synthetase; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Heterologous complementation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

EID: 0347358998     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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