A reappraisal of the diversity and class distribution of aspartate transcarbamoylases in Gram-negative bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1873-1879

  Kenny, Martin J ^a   McPhail, Donald ^a   Shepherdson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspartate transcarbamoylase; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DEINOCOCCACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029884319     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1873     Document Type: Article

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