The oxalic acid biosynthetic activity of Burkholderia mallei is encoded by a single locus

Microbiological Research

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 531-538

  Nakata, Paul A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Complementation; Oxalate

Indexed keywords

ACYL-COA; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BIOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITIES; BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES; BURKHOLDERIA; COMPLEMENTATION; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; ENZYME ASSAYS; FUNCTIONAL ENZYMES; MUTANT PHENOTYPE; OXALATE; OXALIC ACID; PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

OXALIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUTATION; OXALATE; OXALIC ACID; PHENOTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXALIC ACID; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA GLUMAE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI;

EID: 82455192384     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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