Cloning and characterisation of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae aroB gene

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 34-44

  Barten, R ^a,c   Meyer, T F ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 Dehydroquinate synthetase; aroK; Aromatic amino acid synthesis; Cell invasion; yafJ

Indexed keywords

3 DEHYDROQUINATE SYNTHASE; AROMATIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031949172     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050704     Document Type: Article

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