A new isochorismate synthase specifically involved in menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis encoded by the menF gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 159-163

  Daruwala, R ^a   Kwon, O ^a   Meganathan, R ^a   Hudspeth, M E S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isochorismate synthase; Menaquinone biosynthesis; menF gene

Indexed keywords

FARNOQUINONE; ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE; MENAQUINONE; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200147     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00173-5     Document Type: Article

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