Characterization of guanine and hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferases in Methanococcus voltae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2521-2526

  Bowen, Timothy L ^a,b   Lin, Winston C ^a   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 AZAGUANINE; 8 AZAHYPOXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE;

EID: 0029994982     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2521-2526.1996     Document Type: Article

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