Characterization of the galU gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae encoding a uridine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase: a gene essential for capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis

scientific article published on December 1998

Characterization of the galU gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae encoding a uridine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase: a gene essential for capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis is …
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P356DOI10.1084/JEM.188.11.2047
P932PMC publication ID2212384
P698PubMed publication ID9841918
P5875ResearchGate publication ID13445603

P50authorMarta E. MollerachQ42588501
P2093author name stringR López
E García
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P433issue11
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectStreptococcus pneumoniaeQ221179
polysaccharideQ134219
P304page(s)2047-2056
P577publication date1998-12-01
P1433published inJournal of Experimental MedicineQ3186912
P1476titleCharacterization of the galU gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae encoding a uridine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase: a gene essential for capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis
P478volume188

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