Molecular cloning and functional characterization of fumarases C in Neisseria species

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-213

  Goh, Liuh Ling ^a   Barkham, Timothy ^b   Sim, Tiow Suan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cloning; Fumarase C; Functional expression; Neisseria species; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUMARASE C;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 24944525895     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-004-3719-4     Document Type: Article

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