Decaprenyl diphosphate synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 7564-7570

  Kaur, Devinder ^a   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Crick, Dean C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DECAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DETERGENT; DITHIOTHREITOL; DIVALENT CATION; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 7744222724     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.22.7564-7570.2004     Document Type: Article

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