Polyamines are not required for aerobic growth of Escherichia coli: Preparation of a strain with deletions in all of the genes for polyamine biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5549-5552

  Chattopadhyay, Manas K ^a   Tabor, Celia White ^a   Tabor, Herbert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AGMATINE UREAHYDROLASE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; HYDROLASE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; POLYAMINES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPEA;

EID: 68949159908     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00381-09     Document Type: Article

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