Distribution of mevalonate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate/pyruvate routes for isoprenoid biosynthesis in some Gram-negative bacteria and mycobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-175

  Rosa Putra, Surya ^a   Disch, Andrea ^a   Bravo, Jean Michel ^a   Rohmer, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterium; Isopentenyl diphosphate; Isoprenoid; Mevalonate; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURKHOLDERIA; CITROBACTER; DRUG DESIGN; ERWINIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; STEROID METABOLISM;

ACETATES; GLUCOSE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; MYCOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN K;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; CITROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ERWINIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0000725115     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00212-2     Document Type: Article

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