Cobalamin (coenzyme B12): Synthesis and biological significance

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1996, Pages 137-181

  Roth, J R ^a   Lawrence, J G ^a   Bobik, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

B12; corrinoids; metabolism; propanediol; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COBAMAMIDE; COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COBALT; COBAMIDES; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTESTINES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0029658689     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.137     Document Type: Article

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