Linkage of genes encoding enolase (eno) and CTP synthase (pyrG) in the β-subdivision proteobacterium Nitrosomonas europaea

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-157

  Mahony, Timothy J ^a,b   Miller, David J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CTP synthase; Enolase; Gene linkage; Nitrosomonas europaea

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROSOMONAS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032146330     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00268-7     Document Type: Article

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