Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of ectoine biosynthesis genes from Bacillus halodurans

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-487

  Rajan, Lawrance Anbu ^a   Joseph, Toms C ^a   Thampuran, Nirmala ^a   James, Roswin ^a   Chinnusamy, Viswanathan ^b   Bansal, Kailash C ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

B. halodurans; Compatible solutes; Ectoine genes; Osmoregulation; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

ECTOINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACTERIAL CELL; ECTABC GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 52449120672     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0397-z     Document Type: Article

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