Genetic and physiological analysis of the lethal effect of L-(+)- lactate dehydrogenase deficiency in Streptococcus mutans: Complementation by alcohol dehydrogenase from Zymomonas mobilis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4319-4323

  Hillman, Jeffrey D ^a   Chen, Anping ^a   Snoep, Jacky L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0029797962     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4319-4323.1996     Document Type: Article

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