A gene system for glucitol transport and metabolism in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1612-1619

  Tangney, Martin ^a   Brehm, John K ^b   Minton, Nigel P ^b   Mitchell, Wilfrid J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SORBITOL; TRANSALDOLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031834557     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1612-1619.1998     Document Type: Article

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