Characterization of five putative aspartate aminotransferase genes in the N2-fixing heterocystous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1219-1230

  Xu, Xinyi ^a   Gu, Liping ^a   He, Ping ^a,b   Zhou, Ruanbao ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEXAHISTIDINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

ANABAENA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84936089114     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000083     Document Type: Article

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