The application of computational methods to explore the diversity and structure of bacterial fatty acid synthase

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Zhang, Yong Mei ^a   Marrakchi, Hedia ^a   White, Stephen W ^a,b   Rock, Charles O ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl carrier protein; Fatty acid synthesis; Unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; ISOMERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0037238269     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.R200016-JLR200     Document Type: Review

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