Rickettsial metK-encoded methionine adenosyltransferase expression in an Escherichia coli metK deletion strain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5719-5722

  Driskell, Lonnie O ^a   Tucker, Aimee M ^a   Winkler, Herbert H ^a   Wood, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; METABOLITE; METK GENE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 23644443380     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.16.5719-5722.2005     Document Type: Article

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