Identification of genes required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa carnitine catabolism

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2411-2419

  Wargo, Matthew J ^a,b   Hogan, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACID COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; 3 OXOACID COENZYME A TRANSFERASE ALPHA; 3 OXOACID COENZYME A TRANSFERASE BETA; CARNITINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BETAINE; CARNITINE; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 69949147631     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.028787-0     Document Type: Article

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