Mannopinic acid and agropinic acid catabolism region of the octopine-type Ti plasmid pTi15955

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 339-347

  Lyi, Sangbom M ^a   Jafri, Samina ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; DEAMINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSPOSON;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MANNITOL; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032897525     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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