Differential genome analyses of metabolic enzymes in pseudomonas aeruginosa for drug target identification

In Silico Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 453-465

  Perumal, Deepak ^a   Lim, Chu Sing ^b   Sakharkar, Kishore R ^c   Sakharkar, Meena K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Comparative microbial genomics; Homo sapiens; Homology; KEGG; LpxC; MODELLER; Potential drug targets; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ALANINE RACEMASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTHRANILATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CATECHOL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; CITRATE LYASE BETA CHAIN; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE THYMIDYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LYASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; QUINOPROTEIN ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TETRAACYLDISACCHARIDE 4' KINASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 38949196018     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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