Biosynthesis of riboflavin: Characterization of the bifunctional deaminase-reductase of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2022-2028

  Richter, Gerald ^a   Fischer, Markus ^a   Krieger, Cornelia ^a   Eberhardt, Sabine ^a   Lüttgen, Holger ^a   Gerstenschläger, Ine ^b   Bacher, Adelbert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAMINASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0030946770     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.2022-2028.1997     Document Type: Article

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