NADP+-dependent malic enzyme of Rhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2224-2231

  Driscoll, Brian T ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029949195     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2224-2231.1996     Document Type: Article

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