Expression of the heme biosynthetic pathway genes hemCD, hemH, hemM and hemA of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-148

  McNicholas, Paul M ^a   Javor, George ^b   Darie, Silvia ^a   Gunsalus, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; ferrochelatase; hemA; hemCD; hemH; hemM; porphobilinogen deaminase; uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE; HEME; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031017783     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00467-3     Document Type: Article

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