3'-End modifications of the Streptococcus pneumoniae lytA gene: role of the carboxy terminus of the pneumococcal autolysin in the process of enzymatic activation (conversion)

Gene

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 13-19

  Sánchez Puelles, JoséM ^a   García, JoséL ^a   López, Rubens ^a   Garcia, Ernesto ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

lipoteichoic acid; maxicells; modified amidases; plasmids; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023551487     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(87)90360-X     Document Type: Article

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