Cloning and characterization of argR, a gene that participates in regulation of arginine biosynthesis and catabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5300-5308

  Park, Seung Moon ^a   Lu, Chung Dar ^a   Abdelal, Ahmed T ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030987624     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5300-5308.1997     Document Type: Article

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