Expression of thiamin biosynthetic genes (thiCOGE) and production of symbiotic terminal oxidase cbb3 in Rhizobium etli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6887-6893

  Miranda Ríos, Juan ^a   Morera, Claudia ^a   Taboada, Hermenegildo ^b   Dávalos, Araceli ^b   Encarnación, Sergio ^b   Mora, Jaime ^b   Soberón, Mario ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIAMINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; DEAMINATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM; STEM CELL; SYMBIOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0030731444     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.6887-6893.1997     Document Type: Article

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