Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis in Escherichia coli mod and mog mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4310-4312

  Joshi, Mahesh S ^a,b   Johnson, Jean L ^a   Rajagopalan, K V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM ENZYME; MOLYBDIC ACID; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029898124     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4310-4312.1996     Document Type: Article

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