Streptomyces aspartate transcarbamoylase is a dodecamer with dihydroorotase activity

Current Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 175-179

  Hughes, Lee E ^a   Hooshdaran, Massoumeh Z ^a   O'Donovan, Gerard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; DIHYDROOROTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIHYDROOROTASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HOLOENZYMES; KINETICS; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032866568     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900441     Document Type: Article

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