Hallmarks of mycolic acid biosynthesis: A comparative genomics study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 358-368

  Raman, Karthik ^a   Rajagopalan, Preethi ^a   Chandra, Nagasuma ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Emergent properties; Mycobacteria; Pathway profile; Phylogenetic profiling

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID; PROTEOME;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DATA BASE; DESA1 GENE; DESA2 GENE; FAS GENE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PKS13 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548712934     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21591     Document Type: Article

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