Life without dihydrofolate reductase FolA

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 220-223

  Myllykallio, Hannu ^a   Leduc, Damien ^a   Filee, Jonathan ^a   Liebl, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROREDUCTASE; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLOROBIUM; COMPUTER MODEL; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SPIROCHETE; SYNTHESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLAMYDIA; CHLOROBIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SPIROCHAETALES; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0038350842     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00101-X     Document Type: Review

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