Dihydroxyacetone metabolism in Haloferax volcanii

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ouellette, Matthew ^a   Makkay, Andrea M ^a   Papke, R Thane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Dihydroxyacetone kinase; Dihydroxyacetone metabolism; Glycerol kinase; Haloarchaea; Halobacteria

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYACETONE; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL KINASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84892181340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00376     Document Type: Article

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