Homoserine O-acetyltransferase, involved in the Leptospira meyeri methionine biosynthetic pathway, is not feedback inhibited

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4396-4398

  Bourhy, P ^a   Martel, A ^b   Margarita, D ^a   Saint Girons, I ^a   Belfaiza, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEPTOSPIRA; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI; SEMARANGA;

EID: 0030747365     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4396-4398.1997     Document Type: Article

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