Overexpression, purification, and characterization of UDP-N-acetylmuramyl:L-alanine ligase from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 906-910

  Gubler, Marcel ^a   Appoldt, Yvonne ^a   Keck, Wolfgang ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; LIGASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SERINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030066560     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.906-910.1996     Document Type: Article

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