Cloning, expression, activity and folding studies of serine hydroxymethyltransferase: A target enzyme for cancer chemotherapy

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Agrawal, Shipra ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a   Srivastava, Vivek ^a   Mishra, B N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics homology modeling; Cancer chemotherapy; Cloning; Sequence synteny; Serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DETERGENT; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; MACROGOL 3350; NUCLEIC ACID; POLIDOCANOL; PURINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARABIDOPSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 12; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PEA; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PURINE SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; REVIEW; SHEEP; TOBACCO; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RABBITS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PISUM SATIVUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 1642635070     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076737     Document Type: Review

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