Evolutionary recruitment of biochemically specialized subdivisions of family I within the protein superfamily of aminotransferases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2161-2171

  Jensen, Roy A ^a   Gu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0029919942     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2161-2171.1996     Document Type: Short Survey

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