Molecular genetic characterization of the Escherichia coli gntT gene of gntI, the main system for gluconate metabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1584-1590

  Porco, Antonietta ^a,b   Peekhaus, Norbert ^c   Bausch, Christoph ^c   Tong, Suxiang ^a   Isturiz, Tomas ^b   Conway, Tyrrell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCONIC ACID; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031046248     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1584-1590.1997     Document Type: Article

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