The glcB locus of Rhizobium leguminosarum VF39 encodes an arabinose-inducible malate synthase

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 922-932

  García de Los Santos, Alejandro ^a   Morales, Alejandro ^a   Baldomá, Laura ^b   Clark, Scott R D ^c   Brom, Susana ^a   Yost, Christopher K ^c   Hernández Lucas, Ismael ^a   Aguilar, Juan ^b   Hynes, Michael F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabinose metabolism; Glyoxylate cycle; Malate synthase; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; NITROGEN FIXATION;

CELL WALL SUGARS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARABINOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYOXYLIC ACID; MALATE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN GLCB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETYL COENZYME A; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

RHIZOBACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; NEGIBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSPOSONS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABINOSE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MALATE SYNTHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036782010     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-091     Document Type: Article

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