The glucuronic acid utilization gene cluster from Bacillus stearothermophilus T-6

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3695-3704

  Shulami, Smadar ^a   Gat, Orit ^a,c   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^b   Shoham, Yuval ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; URONIC ACID; XYLAN; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032980767     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3695-3704.1999     Document Type: Article

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