Azospirillum irakense produces a novel type of pectate lyase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2440-2447

  Bekri, My Ali ^a   Desair, Jos ^a   Keijers, Veerle ^a   Proost, Paul ^b   Searle Van Leeuwen, Marjo ^c   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   Vande Broek, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PECTATE LYASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AZOSPIRILLUM IRAKENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032906899     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2440-2447.1999     Document Type: Article

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