The carB gene encoding the large subunit of carbamoylphosphate synthetase from Lactococcus lactis is transcribed monocistronically

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4380-4386

  Martinussen, Jan ^a   Hammer, Karin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CISTRON; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031754134     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4380-4386.1998     Document Type: Article

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