Cloning and expression of the Rhodobacter capsulatus hemA gene in E. coli for the production of 5-aminolevulinic acid

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1327-1332

  Kang, Dae Kyung ^d   Kim, Sang Suk ^d   Chi, Won Jae ^d   Hong, Soon Kwang ^a   Kim, Ha Kun ^b   Kim, Hyun Uk ^c  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b PaiChai University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Bio Resources Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid; ALA synthase; hemA; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; SUCCINIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH MEASUREMENT; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 12144260887     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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