Assay for UDPglucose 6-dehydrogenase in phosphate-starved cells: Gene tuaD of Bacillus subtilis 168 encodes the UDPglucose 6-dehydrogenase involved in teichuronic acid synthesis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1049-1053

  Pagni, Marco ^a   Lazarevic, Vladimir ^a   Soldo, Blazenka ^a   Karamata, Dimitri ^a  

^a Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Enzyme assay; Teichuronic acid; Udpglucose 6 dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCURONIC ACID; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032946063     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1049     Document Type: Article

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