Analysis of a Rhizobium leguminosarum gene encoding a protein homologous to glutathione S-transferases

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 813-822

  Tawfiq Alkafaf, Najláa K ^a   Yeoman, Kay H ^a,b   Wexler, Margaret ^a   Hussain, Haitham ^a   Johnston, Andrew W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Glutathione S transferase; Rhizobium; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HIGHER PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030893466     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-813     Document Type: Article

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