Lysine is synthesized through the α-aminoadipate pathway in Thermus thermophilus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Kosuge, Takehide ^a   Hoshino, Takayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoadipate pathway; Lysine biosynthesis; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; LYSINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

2-AMINOADIPIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDRO-LYASES; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXO-ACID-LYASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032466343     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00502-3     Document Type: Article

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