Cloning and sequencing of the ilvBNC gene cluster from Mycobacterium avium

Gene

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-85

  Gusberti, Laura ^a   Cantoni, Rita ^a   De Rossi, Edda ^a   Branzoni, Manuela ^a   Riccardi, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid biosynthesis; Mycobacterium avium

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0030600483     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00275-2     Document Type: Article

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