A method for the enzymatic synthesis and HPLC purification of the peptidoglycan precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-89

  Raymond, Jon B ^a   Price, Neil P ^a   Pavelka Jr , Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peptidoglycan; UDP N acetylmuramic acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LIGASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYHISTIDINE; PROTEIN MURB; PROTEIN MURZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; TECHNIQUE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0345059135     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00793-6     Document Type: Article

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