Role of adenine deaminase in purine salvage and nitrogen metabolism and characterization of the ade gene in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 846-853

  Nygaard, Per ^a   Duckert, Peter ^a   Saxild, Hans Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMMONIA; CARBON; GUANOSINE; NITROGEN; PURINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DEAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030029377     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.846-853.1996     Document Type: Article

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