Cloning and characterization of the aru genes encoding enzymes of the catabolic arginine succinyltransferase pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7280-7290

  Itoh, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININOSUCCINIC ACID; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUCCINATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0030690922     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7280-7290.1997     Document Type: Article

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