The gene encoding the glutamate dehydrogenase in Lactococcus lactis is part of a remnant Tn3 transposon carried by a large plasmid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5019-5022

  Tanous, Catherine ^a   Chambellon, Emilie ^a   Sepulchre, Anne Marie ^b   Yvon, Mireille ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ZA de Buxières ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON TN3;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 21844476740     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.5019-5022.2005     Document Type: Article

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