Cysteine metabolism in Legionella pneumophila: Characterization of an L-cystine-utilizing mutant

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3993-4000

  Ewann, Fanny ^a   Hoffman, Paul S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS;

BUFFERED CHARCOAL-YEAST EXTRACT (BCYE); L-CYSTINE; PROTOZOAN HOSTS;

YEAST;

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COTRANSPORTER; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; CYSTINE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH; METABOLISM; YEAST;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING AFFINITY; BUFFERED CHARCOAL YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; KINETICS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; KINETICS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33745134703     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00684-06     Document Type: Article

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