Molecular characterization and sequence of a methionine biosynthetic locus from Pseudomonas syringae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4497-4507

  Andersen, Gary L ^a,b   Beattie, Gwyn A ^a,c   Lindow, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE ISOLATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LEPTOSPIRA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031720921     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4497-4507.1998     Document Type: Article

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