Glycolytic enzyme operon of Borrelia burgdorferi: Characterization and evolutionary implications

Gene

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-228

  Gebbia, Joseph A ^a   Backenson, P Bryon ^a   Coleman, James L ^a   Anda, Pedro ^b   Benach, Jorge L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene cluster; Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Phosphoglycerate kinase; Spirochetes; Triosephosphate isomerase

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GLYCOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA HERMSII; PROKARYOTA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0030999103     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00811-6     Document Type: Article

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