Purification and characterization of an NAD-malic enzyme from Bradyrhizobium japonicum A1017

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4073-4075

  Chen, Fan ^a   Okabe, Youichi ^a   Osano, Kaoru ^a   Tajima, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; DRUG METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031717050     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4073-4075.1998     Document Type: Article

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