In vivo activity of enzymatic and regulatory components of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system in Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7936-7943

  Halbedel, Sven ^a   Hames, Claudine ^a   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FRUCTOSE; GLYCEROL; MANNITOL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 9244229014     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.7936-7943.2004     Document Type: Article

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