Cloning and sequence analysis of thymidine kinase from the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-110

  McNab, Roderick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Release factor; Streptococcus gordonii; Thymidine kinase

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

EID: 0030024327     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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