FolM, A New Chromosomally Encoded Dihydrofolate Reductase in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 7015-7018

  Giladi, Moshe ^a   Altman Price, Neta ^a   Levin, Itay ^a   Levy, Liat ^a   Mevarech, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOL M GENE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPTERIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0345255949     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.23.7015-7018.2003     Document Type: Article

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