A combined computational-experimental analyses of selected metabolic enzymes in Pseudomonas species

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 309-317

  Perumal, Deepak ^a,b   Chu, Sing Lim ^a,b   Chow, Vincent T K ^c   Sakharkar, Kishore R ^b,d   Sakharkar, Meena K ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d OmicsVista   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Comparative microbial genomics; Drug discovery; Integrative biology; KEGG; Metabolic pathways; Pseudomonas species

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIOL DEHYDROGENASE; ARGINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA SYNTHASE; DEXTRO ERYTHROSE 4 P DEHYDROGENASE; ERYTHRONATE 4 P DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE(THIOL)LYASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; UDP GLUCURONATE 4 EPIMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; XYLULOSE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS ENTOMOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 51849085163     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.4.309     Document Type: Article

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