The potential for the formation of the arginine biosynthetic enzymes and its masking during evolution

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 484-488

  Maas, Werner K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMOSTAT; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULON;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR;

EID: 34248530514     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20572     Document Type: Article

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