Chromosomal organization and transcription analysis of genes in the vicinity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa glmM gene encoding phosphoglucosamine mutase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-371

  Tavares, Isabel M ^a   Leitão, Jorge H ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ftsJ, ftsH, folP, tpiA, secG; glmM; glmM operon; Peptidoglycan biosynthesis; Phosphoglucosamine mutase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSAMINE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOGLUCOSAMINE MUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL DENSITY; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CISTRON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0037428282     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00169-4     Document Type: Article

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