EtfA catalyses the formation of dipicolinic acid in Clostridium perfringens

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 178-186

  Orsburn, Benjamin C ^a,b   Melville, Stephen B ^a   Popham, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; DIPICOLINIC ACID SYNTHASE; PROTEIN DAPA; PROTEIN ETFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRO-LYASES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 72949107614     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06975.x     Document Type: Article

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