Functional characterization of a novel ArgA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3039-3044

  Errey, James C ^a   Blanchard, John S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO-ACID N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 17644363661     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3039-3044.2005     Document Type: Article

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