Characterisation of a transposon-induced pleiotropic mutant of Clostridium acetobutylicum P262

Anaerobe

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 411-421

  Collett, Helen J ^a,b   Woods, David R ^b   Reid, Sharon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Clostridium; Metronidazole; Pleiotropic mutant; Pyruvate formate lyase activating enzyme

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIALAPHOS; BLEOMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLASMID VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII;

EID: 0031450502     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1997.0127     Document Type: Article

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