Characterization of genes involved in erythritol catabolism in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2061-2074

  Yost, Christopher K ^a   Rath, Amber M ^b   Noel, Tanya C ^b,c   Hynes, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ERYTHRITOL; GENOMIC DNA; NITROGEN; PERMEASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLA; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PEA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

BRUCELLA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ERYTHRITOL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BRUCELLA; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

EID: 33746039324     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28938-0     Document Type: Article

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