L-cysteine biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: Identification, sequencing, and functional characterization of the gene coding for phosphoadenylylsulfate sulfotransferase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 976-981

  Mansilla, Maria Cecilia ^a   De Mendoza, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYSTEINE; SULFIDE; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031037015     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.976-981.1997     Document Type: Article

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