Molecular genetic analysis of the region containing the essential Pseudomonas aeruginosa asd gene encoding aspartate-β-semialdehyde dehydrogenase

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 899-907

  Hoang, Tung T ^a,b   Williams, Scott ^b   Schweizer, Herbert P ^a,c   Lam, Joseph S ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active site; asd; Chromosomal mapping; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Selectable marker

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ASPARTATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO;

EID: 0030997256     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-899     Document Type: Article

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