Control of the availability of exogenous 5-aminolevulinic acid in Escherichia coli

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-241

  Nakayashiki, Toru ^a   Inokuchi, Hachiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HEME; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; PORPHYRINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029969148     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.71.237     Document Type: Article

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