Expression of cloned homologous fermentative genes in clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Bio/Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 190-

  Mermelstein, Lee D ^a   Welker, Neil E ^b   Bennett, George N ^c   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cell Biology and of Chemistry   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOTRANSBUTYRYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 14744283496     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0292-190     Document Type: Article

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