Reconstruction of the Central Carbohydrate Metabolism of Thermoproteus tenax by Use of Genomic and Biochemical Data

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2179-2194

  Siebers, Bettina ^a   Tjaden, Britta ^a   Michalke, Klaus ^a   Dörr, Christine ^a   Ahmed, Hatim ^a   Zaparty, Melanie ^a   Gordon, Paul ^d   Sensen, Christoph W ^d   Zibat, Arne ^b   Klenk, Hans Peter ^b   Schuster, Stephan C ^c   Hensel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Epidauros Biotechnologie AG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLYCOGEN; PENTOSE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CATABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EUKARYOTE; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMOPROTEUS; TREHALOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPROTEUS; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX;

EID: 12144290887     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.7.2179-2194.2004     Document Type: Article

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