Role of the citrate pathway in glutamate biosynthesis by Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 650-655

  Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^a   Gutierrez, Juan A ^a   Bleiweis, Arnold S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXALOACETIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031019456     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.650-655.1997     Document Type: Article

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