Requirement for the enzymes acetoacetyl coenzyme A synthetase and poly- 3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthase for growth of Sinorhizobium meliloti on PHB cycle intermediates

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2113-2118

  Cai, Guo Qin ^a   Driscoll, Brian T ^a   Charles, Trevor C ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACID COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; COENZYME A LIGASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYESTERS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0034038199     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2113-2118.2000     Document Type: Article

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