Genetically engineered poly-γ-glutamate producer from Bacillus subtilis ISW1214

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1794-1797

  Ashiuchi, Makoto ^a   Shimanouchi, Kazuya ^a   Horiuchi, Terumi ^a   Kamei, Tohru ^a   Misono, Haruo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Gene engineering; pgsBCA genes; Poly glutamate

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; XYLOSE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PGSBCA GENES; POLY-Γ-GLUTAMATE;

GENES;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLY(GAMMA GLUTAMIC ACID); POLY(GAMMA-GLUTAMIC ACID); POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTAMIC ACID; PLASMIDS; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; STEREOISOMERISM; XYLOSE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33746428374     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60082     Document Type: Article

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