Remarkable structural similarities between diverse glycosyltransferases

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1287-1296

  Hu, Yanan ^a   Walker, Suzanne ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036913910     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(02)00295-8     Document Type: Review

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