Characterization of the argA Gene Required for Arginine Biosynthesis and Syringomycin Production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7273-7280

  Lu, Shi En ^a   Soule, Jonathan D ^b   Gross, Dennis C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; POLYPEPTIDES; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

CULTURE MEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ARGININE; SYRINGOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARGA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 2142686118     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7273-7280.2003     Document Type: Article

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