Genome sequence of the fleming strain of Micrococcus luteus, a simple free-living actinobacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 841-860

  Young, Michael ^a   Artsatbanov, Vladislav ^b   Beller, Harry R ^c   Chandra, Govind ^d   Chater, Keith F ^d   Dover, Lynn G ^e   Goh, Ee Been ^c   Kahan, Tamar ^f   Kaprelyants, Arseny S ^b   Kyrpides, Nikos ^g   Lapidus, Alla ^g   Lowry, Stephen R ^g   Lykidis, Athanasios ^g   Mahillon, Jacques ^h   Markowitz, Victor ^c   Mavromatis, Konstantinos ^g   Mukamolova, Galina V ⁱ   Oren, Aharon ^j   Rokem, J Stefan ^k   Smith, Margaret C M ^l   Young, Danielle I ^a   Greenblatt, Charles L ^k   more..

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Biochemistry   (Russian Federation)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^k HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TREHALOSE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MAMMAL; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTENY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MODELS, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA; KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA; MAMMALIA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 75149189598     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01254-09     Document Type: Article

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