Molecular characterization of the mde operon involved in L-methionine catabolism of Pseudomonas putida

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3956-3962

  Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Inagaki, Kenji ^a   Eriguchi, Shin Ichi ^a   Tamura, Takashi ^a   Esaki, Nobuyoshi ^b   Soda, Kenji ^c   Tanaka, Hidehiko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; METHIONINE; METHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031008473     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3956-3962.1997     Document Type: Article

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