Arginine biosynthesis and regulation in Lactobacillus plantarum: The carA gene and the argCJBDF cluster are divergently transcribed

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2697-2706

  Bringel, Françoise ^a   Frey, Lucie ^a   Boivin, Stéphane ^a   Hubert, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030896349     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.8.2697-2706.1997     Document Type: Article

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