Melanin production in escherichia cou from a cloned tyrosinase gene

Bio/Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 634-638

  Cioppa, Guy Della ^a   Garger, Stephen J ^a   Sverlow, Genadie G ^a   Turpen, Thomas H ^a   Grilla, Laurence K ^a  

^a Biosource Genetics Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS;

MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 11944272303     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0790-634     Document Type: Article

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