Identification and characterization of the carAB genes responsible for encoding carbamoylphosphate synthetase in Halomonas eurihalina

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-211

  Llamas, Inmaculada ^a   Suárez, Antonio ^b   Quesada, Emilia ^a   Béjar, Victoria ^a   Del Moral, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbamoylphosphate synthetase; Exopolysaccharide; Halomonas eurihalina; Halophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS EURIHALINA;

ARGININE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HALOMONAS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HALOMONAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PYRIMIDINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 21144436163     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-002-0311-6     Document Type: Article

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