A new prokaryotic farnesyldiphosphate synthase from the octocoral Eunicea fusca: Differential display, inverse PCR, cloning, and characterization

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-73

  Ranzer, Llanie K ^a   Brück, Thomas B ^a   Brück, Wolfram M ^b   Lopez, Jose V ^c   Kerr, Russell G ^a,d  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characterization; Differential display; Farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Fuscol; Gorgonian; IPCR

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; FUSCOL; GORGONIAN; IPCR;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OLEFINS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ENZYMES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIGASE;

ALGA; AMINO ACID; ANNELID; CLONE; ENZYME; RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUNICEA FUSCA; GORGONIA; PROKARYOTA; SYMBIODINIUM SP.;

EID: 58849153221     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-008-9120-y     Document Type: Article

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