A novel reduced flavin mononucleotide-dependent methanesulfonate sulfonatase encoded by the sulfur-regulated msu operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1464-1473

  Kertesz, Michael A ^a   Schmidt Larbig, Karen ^b   Wüest, Thomas ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; MESYLIC ACID; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032986343     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1464-1473.1999     Document Type: Article

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