mucK, a gene in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1 (BD413), encodes the ability to grow on exogenous cis,cis-muconate as the sole carbon source

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5935-5942

  Williams, Peter A ^a   Shaw, Linda E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRANILIC ACID; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZYL ALCOHOL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030930296     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5935-5942.1997     Document Type: Article

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