The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from Enterobacter cloacae that are useful in diagnosis and therapy of pathological conditions; antibodies against the polypeptides; and methods for the production of the polypeptides. The invention also provides methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of pathological conditions resulting from bacterial infection.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is converted from U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/074,787, filed Feb. 18, 1998 and U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/094,145 filed Jul. 24, 1998.
The invention relates to a process for preparing L-amino acids by fermenting recombinant microorganisms of the Enterobacteriaceae family in which the ytfQ-ORF is overexpressed.
