Fermentative arginine degradation in Halobacterium salinarium (formerly Halobacterium halobium): Genes, gene products,and transcripts of the arcRACB gene cluster

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4942-4947

  Ruepp, Andreas ^a   Soppa, Jörg ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029761908     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4942-4947.1996     Document Type: Article

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