Molecular analysis of the tagF gene, encoding CDP-glycerol: Poly(glycerophosphate) glycerophosphotransferase of Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 14990

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1046-1052

  Fitzgerald, Stephen N ^a,b   Foster, Timothy J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; TEICHOIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS); TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0033977786     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1046-1052.2000     Document Type: Article

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