Genetic and biochemical analyses of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae urease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4389-4394

  Bossé, Janine T ^a   MacInnes, Janet I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; UREA; UREASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0030734725     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4389-4394.1997     Document Type: Article

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