Isolation of a pdxJ point mutation that bypasses the requirement for the PdxH oxidase in pyridoxal 5′-phosphate coenzyme biosynthesis in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2445-2449

  Man, Tsz Kwong ^a   Zhao, Genshi ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRIDOXAL; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIGASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POINT MUTATION; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXAMINEPHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0029992027     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2445-2449.1996     Document Type: Article

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