Genetic organization of the mle locus and identification of a mleR-like gene from Leuconostoc oenos

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4493-4498

  Labarre, Cécile ^a   Diviès, Charles ^a   Guzzo, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; OPERON; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC; OENOCOCCUS OENI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029909724     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4493-4498.1996     Document Type: Article

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