Expression of a natural fusion gene for uracil phosphoribosyltransferase and uridine kinase from rice shows growth retardation by 5-fluorouridine or 5-fluorouracil in Escherichia coli

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1295-1303

  Sikdar, Md Shafiqul Islam ^a   Kim, Jung Sup ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; 5 fluorouridine; Oryza sativa; Uracil phosphoribosyltransferase; Uridine kinase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FLUOROURACIL; FLUOROURIDINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; URACIL; URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77949769063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1140     Document Type: Article

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