Methionine biosynthesis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Study of the first enzyme

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-16

  Rotem, Or ^a   Biran, Dvora ^a   Ron, Eliora Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Heat shock gene; Homoserine acetyl transferase; Homoserine trans succinylase; Methionine biosynthesis; Riboswitch

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOSERINE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RIBOSWITCH; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HOMOSERINE O-SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOSWITCH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84871714628     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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