Sugar metabolism by Brucellae

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 249-261

  Essenberg, Richard C ^a   Seshadri, Rekha ^b   Nelson, Karen ^b   Paulsen, Ian ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Erythritol; Glucose; Metabolism; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRITOL; GLUCOKINASE; HEXOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; SUGAR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRUCELLA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLONING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRUCELLA;

EID: 0037146622     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00212-2     Document Type: Article

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