The bluF gene of Rhodobacter capsulatus is involved in conversion of cobinamide to cobalamin (vitamin B 12)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7308-7310

  Pollich, Michael ^a   Wersig, Cornelia ^a   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a Inst Mikro und Molekularbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COBINAMIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GENE PRODUCT; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GROWTH; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXYGEN TENSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COBAMIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; VITAMIN B 12;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030467959     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7308-7310.1996     Document Type: Article

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