Cloning, sequence, and transcriptional regulation of the operon encoding a putative N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate epimerase (nanE) and sialic acid lyase (nanA) in Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4526-4532

  Walters, Dana M ^a,b   Stirewalt, Veronica L ^a   Melville, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; EPIMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; LYASE; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032811844     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4526-4532.1999     Document Type: Article

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