Cytoplasmic membrane lipoprotein LppC of Streptococcus equisimilis functions as an acid phosphatase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2439-2442

  Malke, Horst ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0031813761     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2439-2442.1998     Document Type: Article

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