Identification, evolution, and essentiality of the mevalonate pathway for isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthesis in gram-positive cocci

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 4319-4327

  Wilding, E Imogen ^a   Brown, James R ^a   Bryant, Alexander P ^a   Chalker, Alison F ^a   Holmes, David J ^a   Ingraham, Karen A ^a   Iordanescu, Serban ^b   So, Chi Y ^a   Rosenberg, Martin ^a   Gwynn, Michael N ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CARBOXYLYASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; MEVALONATE DIPHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; MEVALONATE KINASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CELLS, CULTURED; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HEMITERPENES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; MEVALONIC ACID; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 18544403253     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.15.4319-4327.2000     Document Type: Article

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