A C-methyltransferase involved in both ubiquinone and menaquinone biosynthesis: Isolation and identification of the Escherichia coli ubiE gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1748-1754

  Lee, Peter T ^a   Hsu, Adam Y ^a   Ha, Huan T ^a   Clarke, Catherine F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MENAQUINONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UBIQUINONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; METHYLATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031038898     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1748-1754.1997     Document Type: Article

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