Folate Biosynthesis Pseudogenes, ΨfolP and ΨfolK, and an O-Sialoglycoprotein Endopeptidase Gene Homolog in the Phytoplasma Genome

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 697-706

  Davis, Robert E ^a   Jomantiene, Rasa ^a,b   Zhao, Yan ^a   Dally, Ellen L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA; FOLIC ACID; ISOENZYME; O SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN ENDOPEPTIDASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOPLASM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOLIC ACID; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOVER PHYLLODY PHYTOPLASMA; INSECTA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PHYTOPLASMA; PROKARYOTA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0345415498     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454903770946674     Document Type: Article

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