Expression, purification, and characterization of a functionally active Mycobacterium tuberculosis UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-56

  Lai, Xuhui ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Chen, Shudan ^a   Zhang, Xuelian ^a   Wang, Honghai ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

galU; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Rv0993; UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PH; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TEMPERATURE; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 47749132256     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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