Bacillus subtilis genes for the utilization of sulfur from aliphatic sulfonates

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2555-2561

  Van Der Ploeg, Jan R ^a   Cummings, Nicola J ^b   Leisinger, Thomas ^a   Connerton, Lan F ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Bacillus subtilis; Cysteine biosynthesis; Sulfate starvation; Sulfonate

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031665131     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-9-2555     Document Type: Article

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