Purification and properties of ornithine racemase from Clostridium sticklandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2052-2054

  Chen, Hao Ping ^a   Lin, Chin Fen ^a   Lee, Ya Jung ^b,d   Tsay, San San ^c   Wu, Shih Hsiung ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Chung Hsiung University   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ORNITHINE RACEMASE; RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM STICKLANDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORNITHINE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM STICKLANDII; FELIS CATUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034105689     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.2052-2054.2000     Document Type: Article

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