Genetic analysis of the ycgJ-metB-cysK-ygaG operon negatively regulated by the VirR/VirS system in Clostridium perfringens

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 525-528

  Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Takamura, Hisao ^a   Yaguchi, Harumi ^a   Hayashi, Hideo ^a   Shimizu, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Genome analysis; MetB cysK; Two component system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033918024     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02528.x     Document Type: Article

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