Thiamine is synthesized by a salvage pathway in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae strain 3841

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 6661-6668

  Karunakaran, R ^a   Ebert, K ^a   Harvey, S ^a   Leonard, M E ^a   Ramachandran, V ^a   Poole, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 5 HYDROXYMETHYL 2 METHYLPYRIMIDINE KINASE; 4 METHYL 5 (BETA HYDROXYETHYL)THIAZOLE KINASE; GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHORYLASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE PHOSPHATE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOSPHERE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BINDING SITES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEAS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANT ROOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PYRIMIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; THIAMINE; THIAZOLES; VICIA;

MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021; VICIA;

EID: 33748764147     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00641-06     Document Type: Article

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