Cloning and expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae dihydropteroate synthase in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6814-6821

  Nopponpunth, Vanida ^a   Sirawaraporn, Worachart ^a   Greene, Patricia J ^b   Santi, Daniel V ^b,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032703901     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6814-6821.1999     Document Type: Article

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