Cloning and sequence analysis of putative histidine protein kinases isolated from Lactococcus lactis MG1363

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2454-2459

  O'Connell Motherway, Mary ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; RECOMBINANT PLASMID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030984908     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2454-2459.1997     Document Type: Article

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