Cloning and characterization of GTP-binding proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-144

  Meena, Laxman S ^a   Chopra, Puneet ^a   Bedwal, R S ^b   Singh, Yogendra ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Era; G proteins; GTPase; LepA; Mycobacteria; Obg; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; CELLULAR SIGNALING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

PROTEINS;

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 36849060306     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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