Homocysteine toxicity in Escherichia coli is caused by a perturbation of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4362-4371

  Tuite, Nina L ^a   Fraser, Katy R ^a   O'Byrne, Conor P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 2 OXOVALERIC ACID; ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; PROTEIN FRAG1; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUCOSE INFUSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPPLEMENTATION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 21144443562     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.13.4362-4371.2005     Document Type: Article

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