The methionine salvage pathway in Bacillus subtilis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-14

  Sekowska, Agnieszka ^a   Danchin, Antoine ^b  

^a HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLTHIORIBOSE; PRIMER DNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHIONINE; MUTATION;

EID: 19044362589     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-2-8     Document Type: Article

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