Cloning, sequencing and characterization of a urease gene operon from urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter (UPTC)

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 252-260

  Kakinuma, Y ^a   Iida, H ^a   Sekizuka, T ^a   Usui, K ^a   Murayama, O ^a   Takamiya, S ^b   Millar, B C ^c   Moore, J E ^c   Matsuda, M ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory genes; Overlap genes; PCR; Structural genes; TTG start codon; Urease operon; Urease positive thermophilic Campylobacter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CLONING; GENE ENCODING; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ACCESSORY GENE; OVERLAP GENE; PCR; START CODONS; STRUCTURAL GENE; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS; TTG START CODON; UREASE GENE; UREASE OPERON; UREASE-POSITIVE THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTER;

UREA;

GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; UREASE;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; ENZYME; GENE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELICOBACTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; STRUCTURAL GENE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

CAMPYLOBACTER; HELICOBACTER;

EID: 34250864346     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03212.x     Document Type: Article

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