Mycobacterium smegmatis L-alanine dehydrogenase (Ald) is required for proficient utilization of alanine as a sole nitrogen source and sustained anaerobic growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 5001-5010

  Feng, Zhengyu ^a   Cáceres, Nancy E ^a   Sarath, Gautam ^a   Barletta, Raúl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; NITROGEN; PYRUVIC ACID;

ALD GENE; AMINATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL GROWTH; DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036724769     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.18.5001-5010.2002     Document Type: Article

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