Opening a new path to lipoic acid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6782-6784

  Rock, Charles O ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; DIHYDROLIPOYL TRANSACETYLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLYCINE; OCTANOIC ACID; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN LIP1A; PROTEIN LIPA; PROTEIN LIPB; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; THIOCTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; LIPOYLATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CYTOSOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIGASES; MUTATION; OCTANOIC ACIDS; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 70350464935     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01151-09     Document Type: Note

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