Effects of starvation for heme on the synthesis of porphyrins in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 376-381

  Nakayashiki, T ^a   Inokuchi, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamyl tRNA reductase; Heme; Porphyrin; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HEME; HEMIN; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BUTANOLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HEME; PORPHYRINS; PROTOPORPHYRIA, ERYTHROPOIETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030929420     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050509     Document Type: Article

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