Molecular characterization of thymidine kinase from Ureaplasma urealyticum: Nucleoside analogues as potent inhibitors of mycoplasma growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 771-780

  Carnrot, Cecilia ^a   Wehelie, Rahma ^a   Eriksson, Staffan ^a   Bölske, Göran ^b   Wang, Liya ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYURIDINE; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE; RIBONUCLEOSIDE; STAVUDINE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMINE ARABINOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYURIDINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEOSIDES; PHOSPHATES; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAVUDINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYDROURIDINE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMINE NUCLEOTIDES; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; ZIDOVUDINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POSIBACTERIA; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0242606204     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03717.x     Document Type: Article

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