Arginine biosynthesis in Campylobacter jejuni TGH9011: Determination of the argCOBD cluster

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 959-969

  Hani, Eric Kurt ^a,b   Ng, David ^a   Chan, Voon Loong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arginine biosynthetic genes; Arginine synthesis; Campylobacter jejuni; Gene arrangement; Gene sequence

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033305938     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-095     Document Type: Article

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