Defects in pyruvate kinase cause a conditional increase of thiamine synthesis in Salmonella typhimurium

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 565-572

  Christian, Todd ^a   Downs, Diana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic integration; Thiamine synthesis

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE KINASE; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFECT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033306372     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-042     Document Type: Article

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