The NAD(P)H-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase activities of Prevotella ruminicola B14 can be attributed to one enzyme (GdhA), and gdhA expression is regulated in response to the nitrogen source available for growth

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3826-3833

  Wen, Zezhang ^a   Morrison, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); NITROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUCCINIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVOTELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA;

EID: 0029758538     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3826-3833.1996     Document Type: Article

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