Bioinformatic analysis of Helicobacter pylori XGPRTase: A potential therapeutic target

Helicobacter

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-295

  Duckworth, Megan ^a   Ménard, Armelle ^b   Megraud, Francis ^b   Mendz, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; H. pylori; XGPRTase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IMMUCILLIN H; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE GUANINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSIS; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745899620     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2006.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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