Hydrolysis of urea by Ureaplasma urealyticum generates a transmembrane potential with resultant ATP synthesis.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 01, 1993

Authors

D G Smith1, W C Russell, W J Ingledew, D Thirkell

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1: Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biological and Medical Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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