A possible role for acetylated intermediates in diaminopimelate and tabtoxinine-β-lactam biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci BR2.024

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5922-5927

  Liu, Lixia ^a,b   Shaw, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDROPICOLINATE SUCCINYL COENZYME A SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; TABTOXININE BETA LACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TABACI;

EID: 0030930249     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5922-5927.1997     Document Type: Article

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