The choline-converting pathway in Staphylococcus xylosus C2A: Genetic and physiological characterization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2273-2278

  Rosenstein, Ralf ^a   Futter Bryniok, Detlinde ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0032936309     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.2273-2278.1999     Document Type: Article

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