Nucleotide sequence and molecular characterization of the DNA gyrase genes from Clostridium acetobutylicum

Anaerobe

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 239-248

  Ullmann, Susanne ^a   Dürre, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clostridium acetobutylicum; DNA gyrase; Quinolone resistance; Solventogenesis; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COUMARIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); QUINOLONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 0030220803     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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