Agmatine is essential for the cell growth of Thermococcus kodakaraensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Fukuda, Wakao ^a   Morimoto, Nanako ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^b   Fujiwara, Shinsuke ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Polyamine; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; TK0149 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; DECARBOXYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS;

AGMATINE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYAMINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARENSIS;

EID: 50949127622     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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