Identification of two glutaminases in Rhizobium etli

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 453-465

  Durán, Socorro ^a   Sánchez Linares, Luis ^a   Huerta Saquero, Alejandro ^a   Du Pont, Gisela ^a   Huerta Zepeda, Alejandra ^a   Calderón, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

catabolism; cloning; glutaminase; glutamine; isoenzyme; regulation; Rhizobium etli

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL METABOLISM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSAMINATION;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0030439531     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00570126     Document Type: Article

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