Organization of methylamine utilization genes (mau) in 'Methylobacillus flagellatum' KT and analysis of mau mutants

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1827-1835

  Gak, Evgeny R ^a,b   Tsygankov, Yuriy D ^b   Chistoserdov, Andrei Y ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Methylobacillus flagellatum'; Mau mutants; Methylamine dehydrogenase; Tryptophan tryptophylquinone

Indexed keywords

AMINE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACILLUS FLAGELLATUS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0030791125     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-1827     Document Type: Article

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