High polyhydroxybutyrate production in Pseudomonas extremaustralis is associated with differential expression of horizontally acquired and core genome polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Catone, Mariela V ^a   Ruiz, Jimena A ^a,b   Castellanos, Mildred ^c   Segura, Daniel ^c   Espin, Guadalupe ^c   López, Nancy I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHAL PROTEIN; PHBP PROTEIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BURKHOLDERIALES; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAC1 GENE; PHAC2 GENE; PHBC GENE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS EXTREMAUSTRALIS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84902313042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098873     Document Type: Article

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