The genes for phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus constitute an operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4727-4730

  Branny, Pavel ^a,b   De la Torre, Françoise ^a   Garel, Jean Renaud ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS;

EID: 0029744187     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4727-4730.1996     Document Type: Article

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