Characterization of an alanine racemase gene from Lactobacillus reuteri

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 246-250

  Thompson, Arthur ^a   Griffin, Hugh ^a   Gasson, Michael J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CHLORO DEXTRO ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; DEXTRO ALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3 CHLOROALANINE; 3-CHLOROALANINE; BETA ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CROSS LINKING; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; POSIBACTERIA;

ALANINE RACEMASE; BETA-ALANINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036546714     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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