Cloning of mnuA, a membrane nuclease gene of Mycoplasma pulmonis, and analysis of its expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1853-1860

  Jarvill Taylor, Karalee J ^a   Vandyk, Christina ^a   Minion, F Chris ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ENZYME; NUCLEASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS;

EID: 0032994343     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1853-1860.1999     Document Type: Article

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