YjjG, a dUMP phosphatase, is critical for thymine utilization by Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2186-2189

  Weiss, Bernard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBENICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEOXYRIBOSE; GLUCOSE; NUCLEOTIDASE; PHOSPHATASE; RECOMBINANT DNA; TETRACYCLINE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE PHOSPHATE; YJJG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYA GENE; YJJG GENE;

DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; THYMINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 33947406407     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01645-06     Document Type: Article

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