Mutational analysis of the role of HPr in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2112-2115

  Christensen, Douglas P ^a,c   Benson, Andrew K ^b   Hutkins, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FRUCTOSE 1,6 BISPHOSPHATE; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE CHARGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032900603     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2112-2115.1999     Document Type: Article

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