Purification, gene cloning, targeted knockout, overexpression, and biochemical characterization of the major pyrazinamidase from Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5809-5814

  Boshoff, Helena I M ^b   Mizrahi, Valerie ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; NICOTINAMIDASE; PYRAZINAMIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; TRIXIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031733645     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5809-5814.1998     Document Type: Article

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