Glucose metabolism in Chlamydia trachomatis: The 'energy parasite' hypothesis revisited

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-187

  Iliffe Lee, Emma R ^a   McClarty, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FRUCTOSE 1,6 BISPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PYRUVATE KINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GLYCOLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PYRUVATE KINASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032970541     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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