Genetics and regulation of the major enzymes of alanine synthesis in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5304-5311

  Kim, Sok Ho ^a,b   Schneider, Barbara L ^a   Reitzer, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID;

ALAA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YFBQ GENE; YFDZ GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALANINE; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTATION; PYRUVIC ACID; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 77957848174     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00738-10     Document Type: Article

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