Identification of the serine acetyltransferase gene of Staphylococcus xylosus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Fiegler, H ^a   Bruckner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cysteine biosynthesis; cysteinyl tRN synthetase; glutamyl tRNA synthetase; serine acetyltransferase; Staphylococcus xylosus

Indexed keywords

SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030887563     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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