β-Glutamate as a Substrate for Glutamine Synthetase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4458-4463

  Robinson, Patrice ^a   Neelon, Kelly ^a   Schreier, Harold J ^b   Roberts, Mary F ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOGLUTARIC ACID; 3-AMINOGLUTARIC ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATES; RATS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035487278     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4458-4463.2001     Document Type: Article

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