Cloning and functional characterization of the genes encoding 3-dehydroquinate synthase (aroB) and tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (tgt) from Helicobacter pylori

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 125-134

  Bereswill, S ^a   Fassbinder F ^a   Volzing C ^a   Haas, R ^b   Reuter, K ^c   Ficner, R ^c   Kist, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron uptake; Queuosine synthesis; Shikimate pathway; tRNA modification

Indexed keywords

3 DEHYDROQUINATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; QUEUOSINE; SHIKIMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHIKIMIC ACID;

EID: 0030687680     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050054     Document Type: Article

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