Cloning and Functional Expression of the dps Gene Encoding Decaprenyl Diphosphate Synthase from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Lee, Jung Kul ^a   Her, Gun ^a   Kim, Sang Yong ^b   Seo, Jin Ho ^c  

^a BioNgene Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Bolak Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

DECAPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1142305999     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp034213e     Document Type: Article

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