Characterization of the mmsAB-araD1 (gguABC) genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6586-6596

  Zhao, Jinlei ^a   Binns, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ARABINOSE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; XYLOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GGUA GENE; GGUB GENE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUGAR TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84855381143     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05790-11     Document Type: Article

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