DNA Sequence and Mutational Analysis of Rhizobitoxine Biosynthesis Genes in Bradyrhizobium elkanii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-12, 2001, Pages 4999-5009

  Yaslta, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Okazaki, Shin ^a   Mitsui, Hisayuki ^a   Yuhashi, Ken Ichi ^a,d   Ezura, Hiroshi ^b   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ibaraki Agricultural Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIHYDRORHIZOBITOXINE DESATURASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; RHIZOBITOXINE; RTXA PROTEIN, BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROPANOLAMINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0035512068     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.11.4999-5009.2001     Document Type: Article

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