The role of Ureaplasma nucleoside monophosphate kinases in the synthesis of nucleoside triphosphates

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1983-1990

  Wang, Liya ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mollicutes; Nucleoside diphosphate kinase; Nucleoside monophosphate kinase; Nucleotide biosynthesis; Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; CYTIDYLATE KINASE; NUCLEOSIDE MONOPHOSPHATE KINASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; THYMIDYLATE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDYLATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UREAPLASMA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLATE KINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOSIDE-DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; NUCLEOSIDE-PHOSPHATE KINASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UREAPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLLICUTES; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 34247147697     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05742.x     Document Type: Article

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