Ornithine cycle in Nostoc PCC 73102: Presence of an in vitro functional argininosuccinate lyase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Troshina, Olga ^a,b   Jansson, Eva ^a   Lindblad, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arginine; Argininosuccinate lyase; Cyanobacterium; Nitrogen metabolism; Nostoc

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; CITRULLINE; ORNITHINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLORIMETRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE;

ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; CYANOBACTERIA; ORNITHINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME PCC 73102; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 0030871304     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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