Regulation of the mdh-sucCDAB operon in Rhizobium leguminosarum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 247-255

  Poole, Philip ^a   Reid, Colm ^a   East, Alison K ^b   Allaway, David ^a   Day, Michael ^a   Leonard, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malate dehydrogenase; Rhizobium leguminosarum

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; NITROGEN; OXALOACETIC ACID; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0032764405     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00243-8     Document Type: Article

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