Structural and functional analysis of the gene cluster encoding the enzymes of the arginine deiminase pathway of Lactobacillus sake

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4154-4159

  Zúñiga, Manuel ^a,c   Champomier Verges, Marie ^b   Zagorec, Monique ^b   Pérez Martínez, Caspar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c University of Groningen Center of Biological Sciences Haren   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAMINASE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

LACTOBACILLUS SAKE;

EID: 0031856844     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4154-4159.1998     Document Type: Article

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