Rhodococcus opacus expresses the xsc gene to utilize taurine as a carbon source or as a nitrogen source but not as a sulfur source

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1859-1867

  Denger, Karin ^a   Ruff, Jürgen ^a   Schleheck, David ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; NITROGEN; OXYGENASE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; SULFOACETALDEHYDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR; TAURINE; TAURINE DIOXYGENASE; TAURINE PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 3142707324     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27077-0     Document Type: Article

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