Biosynthesis of the branched-chain amino acids in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803: Existence of compensatory pathways

Current Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 94-98

  Maestri El Kouhen, Odile ^a,b   Joset, Françoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; DNA; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VALINE;

EID: 0042209884     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0097-2     Document Type: Article

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