Purification and characterization of the Escherichia coli K1 neuB gene product N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase

Glycobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 697-701

  Vann, Willie F ^c   Tavarez, Jose J ^c   Crowley, Jane ^c   Vimr, Eric ^a   Silver, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Biologies Research and Review   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; E.coli neuB; Enzyme purification polysialic; Sialic acid metabolism; Sialic acid Synthetase

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLNEURAMINATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DURAPATITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030750194     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/7.5.697     Document Type: Article

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