A gene cluster involved in pyrimidine reductive catabolism from Brevibacillus agri NCHU1002

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 848-854

  Kao, Chao Hung ^a   Hsu, Wen Hwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brevibacillus agri; Dihydropyrimidinase; Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; Pyrimidine reductive catabolism; Alanine synthase

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; DIHYDROURACIL; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE A; PYRIMIDINE B; PYRIMIDINE C; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BREVIBACILLUS AGRI; CATABOLISM; CITRON; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REDUCTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS AGRI;

EID: 0037432672     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00439-X     Document Type: Article

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