Isolation of PDX2, a second novel gene in the pyridoxine biosynthesis pathway of eukaryotes, archaebacteria, and a subset of eubacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3383-3390

  Ehrenshaft, Marilyn ^a   Daub, Margaret E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PDX2; PYRIDOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PLANT PROTEINS; PYRIDOXINE; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFOLOBUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 0035025630     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.11.3383-3390.2001     Document Type: Article

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