Isolation, DNA sequence analysis, and mutagenesis of a proline dehydrogenase gene (putA) from Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 221-229

  Straub, Peter F ^a,c   Reynolds, Paul H S ^b   Althomsons, Sandy ^a   Mett, Valentina ^b   Zhu, Yuxian ^a,d   Shearer, Georgia ^a   Kohl, Daniel H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLINE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS JAPONICUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOGASTER; RHIZOBIUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030058589     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.221-229.1996     Document Type: Article

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