Cloning of the glutamine synthetase gene from group B streptococci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Suvorov, Alexander N ^a   Flores, Aurea E ^b   Ferrieri, Patricia ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0031014279     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.1.191-196.1997     Document Type: Article

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