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Construction and complementation of the first auxotrophic mutant in the spirochaete Leptospira meyeri.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Mar 2003
Bauby Hélène, Saint Girons Isabelle, Picardeau Mathieu
Abstract excerpt
In bacteria, the first reaction of the tryptophan biosynthetic pathway involves the conversion of chorismate and glutamine to anthranilate by the action of anthranilate synthase, which is composed of the alpha (trpE gene product) and beta (trpG gene product) subunits. In this study, the tryptophan biosynthetic gene trpE of the spirochaete Leptospira meyeri was interrupted by a kanamycin-resistance cassette by...
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