The two chorismate mutases from both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis: Biochemical analysis and limited regulation of promoter activity by aromatic amino acids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-134

  Schneider, Cristopher Z ^a,b,c   Parish, Tanya ^b   Basso, Luiz A ^a,d   Santos, Diógenes S ^a,d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CHORISMATE MUTASE; CHORISMIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORISMATE MUTASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 37549047189     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01332-07     Document Type: Article

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