Hemolytic properties and riboflavin synthesis of Helicobacter pylori: Cloning and functional characterization of the ribA gene encoding GTP-cyclohydrolase II that confers hemolytic activity to Escherichia coli

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 177-187

  Bereswill, S ^a   Fassbinder, F ^a   Volzing C ^a   Covacci, A ^b   Haas, R ^c   Kist, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

GTP cyclohydrolase II; Hemolysis; Riboflavin synthesis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; RIBOFLAVIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA LIBRARY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMOLYSIS; HORSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOFLAVIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031968623     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050062     Document Type: Article

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