The arginine deiminase pathway in Rhizobium etli: DNA sequence analysis and functional study of the arcABC genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7403-7409

  D'Hooghe, Inge ^a   Vander Wauven, Corinne ^b   Michiels, Jan ^a   Tricot, Cathérine ^c   De Wilde, Petra ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   Stalon, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Institut de Recherches   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; CARBAMATE KINASE; DNA; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030725163     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7403-7409.1997     Document Type: Article

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