Phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system and N-acetylglucosamine metabolism in Bacillus sphaericus

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1687-1698

  Alice, Alejandro F ^a,c   Pérez Martínez, Gaspar ^b   Sánchez Rivas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; DEAMINASE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SERINE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUGAR;

ANIMAL CELL; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038148660     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26231-0     Document Type: Review

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