Activation of the urease of Schizosaccharomyces pombe by the UreF accessory protein from soybean

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 525-534

  Bacanamwo, M ^a,d   Witte, C P ^b,e   Lubbers, M W ^c   Polacco, J C ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nickel; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Soybean; Urease; UreD UreF UreG

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EU3; PROTEIN URED; PROTEIN UREF; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EUKARYOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICKEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOYBEANS; UREASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036456064     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0769-z     Document Type: Article

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