Mutational inactivation of a gene homologous to Escherichia coli ptsP affects poly-β-hydroxybutyrate accumulation and nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4790-4798

  Segura, Daniel ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031688794     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.18.4790-4798.1998     Document Type: Article

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