Detection and characterisation of the genes encoding glyoxalase I and II from Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 669-673

  Kizil, Goksel ^a,b   Wilks, Kathy ^a   Wells, D ^a   Ala'Aldeen, D A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROXYACYLGLUTATHIONE HYDROLASE; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; METHYLGLYOXAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0033923358     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-49-7-669     Document Type: Article

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