Organization of Ureaplasma urealyticum urease gene cluster and expression in a suppressor strain of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 647-655

  Neyrolles, Olivier ^a   Ferris, Stéphane ^a   Behbahani, Nilane ^a   Montagnier, Luc ^a   Blanchard, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN; UREASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0029671377     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.647-655.1996     Document Type: Article

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