Gene cloning and characterization of Pseudomonas putida L-methionine-α-deamino-γ-mercaptomethane-lyase

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2116-2122

  Hori, Hiroki ^a,c   Takabayashi, Kenji ^b   Orvis, Lisa ^a   Carson, Dennis A ^a   Nobori, Tsutomu ^a  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE GAMMA LYASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TUMOR GROWTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029988769     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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