Anaerobic growth of Paracoccus denitrificans requires cobalamin: Characterization of cobK and cobJ genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6907-6913

  Shearer, Neil ^a   Hinsley, Andrew P ^a   Van Spanning, Rob J M ^b   Spiro, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COBALAMIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE; ETHANOLAMINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0032748198     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.6907-6913.1999     Document Type: Article

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