Identification of residues involved in the specificity and regulation of the highly efficient multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 827-837

  Knecht, Wolfgang ^a   Munch Petersen, Birgitte ^b   Piškur, Jure ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleoside kinase; Directed protein evolution; Gene therapy; Hypermutagenesis; Nucleoside analogs

Indexed keywords

2',3' DIDEOXYADENOSINE; CYTARABINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THYMIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE THERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHAL DOSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034714092     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3990     Document Type: Article

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