The prpE gene of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 encodes propionyl-CoA synthetase

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1381-1388

  Horswill, Alexander R ^a   Escalante Semerena, Jorge C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

2 methylcitric acid cycle enzymes; Propionate catabolic genes; Propionyl CoA synthetase; Short chain fatty acid catabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONATE COENZYME A LIGASE; PROPIONIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033049615     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1381     Document Type: Article

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