Molecular and mutational analysis of a DNA region separating two methylotrophy gene clusters in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1729-1736

  Chistoserdova, Ludmila ^a   Lidstrom, Mary E ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylobacterium extorquens AM1; Methylotrophy

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOCHROME C; LYASE; METHANOL; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

EID: 0030969849     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1729     Document Type: Article

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