Expression and characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis serine/threonine protein kinase PknB

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5676-5682

  Av Gay, Yossef ^a   Jamil, Sarwat ^a   Drews, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PHOSPHOSERINE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0032728879     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5676-5682.1999     Document Type: Article

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