Molecular cloning of the human and murine 2-amino-3-ketobutyrate coenzyme A ligase cDNAs

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1805-1812

  Edgar, Alasdair J ^a   Polak, Julia M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 amino 3 ketobutyrate coenzyme A ligase (KBL); Aminoacetone; Glycine C acetyltransferase; Methylglyoxal; Threonine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COENZYME A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

BOVINAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; PROKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034062775     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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