Analysis of Corynebacterium glutamicum methionine biosynthetic pathway: Isolation and analysis of metB encoding cystathionine γ-synthase

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-308

  Hwang, Byung Joon ^a   Kim, Younhee ^b   Kim, Hyong Bai ^a   Hwang, Han Joon ^a   Kim, Jae Ho ^a   Lee, Heung Shick ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Semyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Cystathionine synthase; Metb; Methionine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LYASE; METHIONINE; O SUCCINYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL) LYASE; O-SUCCINYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL)-LYASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033617753     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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