Mutations in the tryptophan operon allow purF-independent thiamine synthesis by altering flux in vivo

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 815-822

  Ramos, Itzel ^a,b   Vivas, E I ^a   Downs, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDOPHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; AMINE; ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMINE; THIAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PURF GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRPC GENE;

ANTHRANILATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OPERON; RIBOSEMONOPHOSPHATES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THIAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 38649134172     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00582-07     Document Type: Article

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