Genetic and physiologic analysis of a formyl-tetrahydrofolate synthetase mutant of Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1563-1572

  Crowley, Paula J ^a   Gutierrez, Juan A ^a   Hillman, Jeffrey D ^a   Bleiweis, Arnold S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; FORMATE TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; METHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031051003     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1563-1572.1997     Document Type: Article

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