Cloning and characterization of aspartate-β-semialdehyde dehydrogenase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 Rv

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 832-838

  Shafiani, S ^a   Sharma, P ^b   Vohra, R M ^c   Tewari, Rupinder ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ASD enzyme; Diaminopimelic acid; Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; PURIFICATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ASD ENZYME; ASPARTATES; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACIDS; EXPRESSION VECTORS; M. TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIA TUBERCULOSIS H37RV; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ASPARTATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; NICKEL; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASD GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 16444367720     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02505.x     Document Type: Article

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