Functional molecular mass of Escherichia coli K92 polysialyltransferase as determined by radiation target analysis

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 13511-13516

  Vionnet, Justine ^a   Kempner, Ellis S ^b   Vann, Willie F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BACTERIAL POLYSIALYLTRANSFERASES; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; POLYSIALIC ACIDS;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MONOMER; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEUS ENZYME; POLYSIALIC ACID; POLYSIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIMERA; ELECTRON; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K92; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRRADIATION; KPSC GENE; KPSS GENE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUE GENE; NEUS GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION TARGET ANALYSIS;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTRONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750967650     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061486k     Document Type: Article

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