Genome-based construction of the metabolic pathways of Orientia tsutsugamushi and comparative analysis within the Rickettsiales order

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Min, Chan Ki ^a   Yang, Jae Seong ^b   Kim, Sanguk ^b   Choi, Myung Sik ^a   Kim, Ik Sang ^a   Cho, Nam Hyuk ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALANINE RACEMASE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; DEAMINASE; DEOXYCYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID F; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE DEPENDENT THYMIDYLATED SYNTHASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLYCINE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; PYRUVATE PHOSPHATE DIKINASE; SYNTHETASE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 46349083911     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: 15326268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/623145     Document Type: Review

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