Kinetics of sugar transport and phosphorylation influence glucose and fructose cometabolism by Zymomonas mobilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3519-3525

  Parker, Corrine ^a   Peekhaus, Norbert ^b   Zhang, Xihua ^b   Conway, Tyrrell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOKINASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATABOLISM; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FRUCTOSE METABOLISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0030771522     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3519-3525.1997     Document Type: Article

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