Isolation and molecular analysis of the gene cluster for the arginine deiminase system from Streptococcus gordonii DL1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5549-5553

  Dong, Yiqian ^a   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^a   Snyder, Jennifer A ^a   Burne, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENES; GLUCOSE; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; PH EFFECTS;

GENE CLUSTERS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIPORTER; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAMATE KINASE; DEAMINASE; DIPEPTIDASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0036840306     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5549-5553.2002     Document Type: Article

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