Proline is biosynthesized from arginine in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1491-1497

  Townsend, David E ^a,b   Kaenjak, Anisa ^a,c   Jayaswal, Radheshyam K ^a   Wilkinson, Brian J ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Proline; Staphylococcus aureus; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBON 14; GLUTAMIC ACID; ORNITHINE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; FEEDING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SUBSP. AUREUS NCTC 8325;

EID: 0029897106     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1491     Document Type: Article

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