In vivo fluxes in the ammonium-assimilatory pathways in Corynebacterium glutamicum studied by 15N nuclear magnetic resonance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1099-1109

  Tesch, M ^a,b   De Graaf, A A ^a   Sahm, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Weingut Tesch   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN 15;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE MODEL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 0032987442     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1099-1109.1999     Document Type: Article

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