Identification and characterization of gshA, a gene encoding the glutamate-cysteine ligase in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5196-5204

  Malki, Liron ^a   Yanku, Michaela ^a   Borovok, Ilya ^a   Cohen, Gerald ^a   Mevarech, Moshe ^a   Aharonowitz, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; PROTEIN GSHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GSHA GENE; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOBACTERIUM SP.; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 67749101196     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00297-09     Document Type: Article

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