Presence of a functional nitrate assimilation pathway in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Khan, Arshad ^a   Akhtar, Shamim ^a   N Ahmad, Jawid ^a   Sarkar, Dhiman ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Dormant bacilli; Glutamine synthetase; l methionine S sulfoximine; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Nitrate assimilation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AZIDE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; ASPARAGINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SODIUM AZIDE; SODIUM NITRITE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLI (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 36849080427     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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