Demonstration of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase activity in cell extracts of Escherichia coli expressing the pneumococcal cap3A gene required for the synthesis of type 3 capsular polysaccharide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2971-2974

  Arrecubieta, Carlos ^a   García, Ernesto ^a   López, Rubens ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RNA POLYMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029924098     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2971-2974.1996     Document Type: Article

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