Chlamydia trachomatis CTP synthetase: Molecular characterization and developmental regulation of expression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 631-642

  Wylie, John L ^a   Berry, Jody D ^a   McClarty, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SYNTHETASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029807316     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-1717.x     Document Type: Article

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