Dissection of 16S rRNA methyltransferase (KsgA) function in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8510-8518

  Inoue, Koichi ^a   Basu, Soumit ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROPIONIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZOIC ACID; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROPIONIC ACIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 36749000444     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01259-07     Document Type: Article

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