Markerless mutagenesis in Methanococcus maripaludis demonstrates roles for alanine dehydrogenase, alanine racemase, and alanine permease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 972-979

  Moore, Brian C ^a   Leigh, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; ALANINE PERMEASE; ALANINE RACEMASE; AZAHYPOXANTHINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; HYPOXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PERMEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; METHANOCOCCUS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STEREOISOMERISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 13244269794     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.972-979.2005     Document Type: Article

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