The Streptococcus agalactiae hylB gene encoding hyaluronate lyase: Completion of the sequence and expression analysis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1398, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-98

  Gase, Klaus ^a   Ozegowski, Jörg ^a   Malke, Horst ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Streptococcus agalactiae); Expression analysis; Hyaluronate lyase; HylB Gene; Nucleotide sequence; Signal sequunce

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; LYASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032577423     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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