Coregulation of β-galactoside uptake and hydrolysis by the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 969-972

  Galperin, Michael Y ^a   Noll, Kenneth M ^a   Romano, Antonio H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; PYRANOSIDE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0031030475     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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