Cloning, sequencing and characterization of a fatty acid synthase-encoding gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. Bovis BCG

Gene

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-99

  Fernandas, Norvin D ^a   Kolattukudy, Pappachan E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Enoyl reductase; ketoacylsynthase; ketoreductase

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; 3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COSMID; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSMIDS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0029665059     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00842-X     Document Type: Article

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