Cloning and characterization of a bifunctional RelA/SpoT homologue from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Gene

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 261-269

  Avarbock, David ^a   Salem, Jerome ^a   Li, Lin Sheng ^a   Wang, Zhi Mei ^a   Rubin, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Guanosine 3',5' bis(diphosphate); Stringent response

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; MANGANESE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 0032791894     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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