Borrelia burgdorferi bb0426 encodes a 2′-deoxyribosyltransferase that plays a central role in purine salvage

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1517-1529

  Lawrence, Kevin A ^a   Jewett, Mollie W ^a   Rosa, Patricia A ^a   Gherardini, Frank C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' DEOXYRIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYPOXANTHINE; IMP DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PURINES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MAMMALIA; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 66949138121     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06740.x     Document Type: Article

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