The surprising Rut pathway: An unexpected way to derive nitrogen from pyrimidines

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4086-4088

  Parales, Rebecca E ^a   Ingraham, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRACRYLIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPERON; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION KINETICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; RUTA GENE; RUTB GENE; RUTC GENE; RUTD GENE; RUTE GENE; RUTF GENE; RUTG GENE; RUTR GENE; UNITED STATES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 77955961477     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00573-10     Document Type: Note

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