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Selection of Bacillus subtilis mutants impaired in ammonia assimilation.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 141 ·No. 2 ·1980-02-00 ·Pages 985-8

Dean DR, Aronson AI

Abstract

The selection of Bacillus subtilis mutants capable of using D-histidine to fulfill a requirement for L-histidine resulted in mutants with either no glutamate synthase activity or increased amounts of an altered glutamine synthetase.

MeSH Terms
Ammonia/metabolism Bacillus subtilis/genetics,metabolism Cell-Free System Glutamate Synthase/metabolism Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase/metabolism Histidine/metabolism Hot Temperature Manganese/pharmacology Mutation Stereoisomerism
Chemicals
Manganese Histidine Ammonia Glutamate Synthase Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Dean D R
Aronson A I
References (9)
9 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.141.2.985-988.1980
Published
1980-02-00
Pages
985-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC293731
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.141.2.985-988.1980 PMC Full Text View journal details
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