Stimulated biosynthesis of flavins in Photobacterium phosphoreum IFO 13896 and the presence of complete rib operons in two species of luminous bacteria

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5851-5860

  Kasai, Sabu ^a   Sumimoto, Takumi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis of riboflavin; Hybrid cluster protein; Photobacterium phosphoreum; Rib operon; SUGDAT

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAVINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOTOBACTERIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0036443915     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03304.x     Document Type: Article

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