Characterization of the Sinorhizobium meliloti genes encoding a functional dihydrodipicolinate synthase (dapA) and dihydrodipicolinate reductase (dapB)

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 438-444

  García Rodríguez, Fernando M ^a   Zekri, Sanae ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diaminopimelate; Dihydrodipicolinate reductase; Dihydrodipicolinate synthase; Lysine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; HIGHER PLANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE REDUCTASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0034093914     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000169     Document Type: Article

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