Cyclopropane fatty acyl synthase in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-385

  Basconcillo, Libia Saborido ^a   Zaheer, Rahat ^b   Finan, Turlough M ^b   McCarry, Brian E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYCLOPROPANE FATTY ACYL SYNTHASE 1; CYCLOPROPANE FATTY ACYL SYNTHASE 2; DIACYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFOQUINOVOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCENIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE FATTY ACIDS; CYCLOPROPANE FATTY ACYL PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYCLOPROPANATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STARVATION; SYMBIOSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLOPROPANES; FATTY ACIDS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62249216517     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.022608-0     Document Type: Article

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