PQQ-linked extracellular glucose oxidation and chemotaxis towards this cofactor in rhizobia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Boiardi, José Luis ^a   Galar, Maria Lina ^a   Neijssel, Oense M ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Chemotaxis; Glucose dehydrogenase; Pyrroloquinoline quinone; Rhizobium spp.

Indexed keywords

GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030200298     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00176-0     Document Type: Article

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