Cyanophycin Synthetases

Protein Engineering Handbook, Volume 1 & Volume 2

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 829-848

  Steinle, Anna ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATP grasp; Cyanophycin; Cyanophycin synthetase; P loop motif; Poly(amino acid); Ribosomal independent synthesis; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884611710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527634026.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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