Properties of NAD+- and NADP+-dependent malic enzymes of Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti and differential expression of their genes in nitrogen-fixing bacteroids

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 489-498

  Driscoll, Brian T ^a,b   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malate dehydrogenase; Malic enzyme; Pyruvate; Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031055649     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-489     Document Type: Article

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