Cloning of a Neisseria meningitidis gene for L-lactate dehydrogenase (L- LDH): Evidence for a second meningococcal L-LDH with different regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4807-4813

  Erwin, Alice L ^a,b   Gotschlich, Emil C ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029762371     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4807-4813.1996     Document Type: Article

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