The Rhizobium etli rpoN locus: DNA sequence analysis and phenotypical characterization of rpoN, ptsN, and ptsA mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1729-1740

  Michiels, Jan ^b   Van Soom, Tom ^b   D'Hooghe, Inge ^b   Dombrecht, Bruno ^b   Benhassine, Traki ^a,b   De Wilde, Petra ^b   Vanderleyden, Jos ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MALIC ACID; MELANIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; SERINE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0031898483     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1729-1740.1998     Document Type: Article

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