The NADH-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase enzyme of Bacteroides fragilis Bf1 is induced by peptides in the growth medium

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1659-1667

  Abrahams, Garth L ^a   Abratt, Valerie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031779512     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-6-1659     Document Type: Article

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