The D-alanyl carrier protein in Lactobacillus casei: Cloning, sequencing, and expression of dltC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3869-3876

  Debabov, Dmitri V ^a   Heaton, Michael P ^a,d   Zhang, Qunying ^a   Stewart, Kent D ^b   Lambalot, Ralph H ^c   Neuhaus, Francis C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ALANINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 0029997792     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3869-3876.1996     Document Type: Article

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