A megaplasmid-borne anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4919-4928

  Siedow, Anja ^a   Cramm, Rainer ^a   Siddiqui, Roman A ^a   Friedrich, Bärbel ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS;

EID: 0032817064     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4919-4928.1999     Document Type: Article

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