The MutT motif family of nucleotide phosphohydrolases in man and human pathogens (Review)

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-89

  McLennan, Alexander G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

8 oxoguanine; Bacterial invasion; Diadcnosine tetraphosphatc; Diphosphoinositol; K+ channels; MRNA decapping; Mutagencsis; MutT; Nudix hydrolasc; Oxidative stress; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPPED RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUTT PROTEIN, E COLI; PHOSPHATASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BARTONELLA; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033158746     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.4.1.79     Document Type: Article

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