Phylogeny of related functions: The case of polyamine biosynthetic enzymes

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1815-1828

  Sekowska, A ^a   Danchin, A ^a   Risler, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Discriminant amino acid residue; Helicobacter pylori; Secondary metabolism; Synechocystis PCC6803

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; MANGANESE; ORNITHINE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0033894954     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-8-1815     Document Type: Article

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