Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa acyl-homoserilactone synthase LasI

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1135-1146

  Gould, Ty A ^a   Schwelzer, Herbert P ^b   Churchill, Mair E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; HOMOSERINELACTONE SYNTHASE LASL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; GENE CONTROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIGASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4344612832     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04211.x     Document Type: Article

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