A crtB homolog essential for photochromogenicity in Mcobacterium marinum: Isolation, characterization, and gene disruption via homologous recombination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5862-5868

  Ramakrishnan, Lalita ^a   Tran, Hien T ^a   Federspiel, Nancy A ^b   Falkow, Stanley ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 0030922783     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5862-5868.1997     Document Type: Article

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