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. 1972 Dec;112(3):1070–1075. doi: 10.1128/jb.112.3.1070-1075.1972

Genetic Analysis of Phenylalanine-Responding Mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Judith A Waltho 1
PMCID: PMC251532  PMID: 4629651

Abstract

A transduction analysis of phenylalanine-responding mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa revealed the existence of six unlinked genes. Enzyme assays showed that one gene was involved in the terminal production of phenylalanine (chorismate mutase), and the remaining five genes were involved in the common pathway of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis.

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