Physiological and genetic analyses leading to identification of a biochemical role for the moeA (molybdate metabolism) gene product in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1466-1472

  Hasona, Adnan ^a   Ray, Ramesh M ^a,b   Shanmugam, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GENE PRODUCT; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031891276     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1466-1472.1998     Document Type: Article

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