Identification of the haloarchaeal phasin (PhaP) that functions in polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation and granule formation in Haloferax mediterranei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1946-1952

  Cai, Shuangfeng ^a   Cai, Lei ^a   Liu, Hailong ^a   Liu, Xiaoqing ^a   Han, Jing ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE KNOCKOUT; GRANULE FORMATIONS; GRANULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN; MALDI-TOF; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION; MUTANT CELLS; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (2-DE); WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRANULATION;

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; PHASIN; PLANT LECTIN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; FERMENTATION; GENOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LECTINS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI;

EID: 84863229520     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07114-11     Document Type: Article

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