Acetate kinase: not just a bacterial enzyme

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 249-253

  Ingram Smith, Cheryl ^a   Martin, Stephen R ^a   Smith, Kerry S ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHOKETOLASE; ENZYME; FUNGAL ENZYME; MICROBIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPHTHORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETATE KINASE; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHYTOPHTHORA;

EID: 33744754754     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.04.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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