A mutation in the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase gene allows anaerobic growth of Bacillus subtilis in the absence of ResE kinase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 7087-7097

  Nakano, Michiko M ^a,b   Zhu, Yi ^a,b   Haga, Koki ^c,e   Yoshikawa, Hirofumi ^c,e   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^d   Zuber, Peter ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032699237     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.7087-7097.1999     Document Type: Article

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