Cloning and characterization of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae MS11 folC gene

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Fussenegger, Martin ^a   Meyer, Thomas F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dihydrofolate synthetase; Folic acid; Folylpolyglutamate synthetase; Gonococcus; One carbon metabolism

Indexed keywords

FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0029936416     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050077     Document Type: Article

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