Escherichia coli thymidylate kinase: Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, and genetic organization of the corresponding tmk locus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2804-2812

  Reynes, Jean Paul ^a   Tiraby, Michèle ^a   Baron, Michel ^b   Drocourt, Daniel ^a   Tiraby, Gérard ^b  

^a Laboratoires CAYLA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HAEMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030002871     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2804-2812.1996     Document Type: Article

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