The ptsP gene encoding the PTS family protein EINtr is essential for dimethyl sulfone utilization by Pseudomonas putida

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-181

  Kouzuma, Atsushi ^a   Endoh, Takayuki ^a   Omori, Toshio ^b   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Habe, Hiroshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfide; Dimethyl sulfone; Pseudomonas putida; Sulfur assimilation; Sulfur starvation

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFONE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MESYLIC ACID; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SULFONES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 34548574785     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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