Analysis of a catabolic operon for sucrose transport and metabolism in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-80

  Tangney, Martin ^a   Mitchell, Wilfrid J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; FRUCTOKINASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII;

EID: 0034003163     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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