Localization of the Leptospira interrogans metF gene on the CII secondary chromosome

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-263

  Bourhy, Pascale ^a   Saint Girons, Isabelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Leptospira interrogans; metF; Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase; Secondary chromosome; Thermolabile enzyme

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE; WEIL DISEASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 0034668304     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00393-1     Document Type: Article

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