Methods to study the biosynthesis of bacterial furanosides

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 478, Issue C, 2010, Pages 389-411

  Poulin, Myles B ^a   Lowary, Todd L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURAN DERIVATIVE; GALACTOFURANOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; HEXOFURANOSE DEXTRO GALACTOFURANOSE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE 5' DIPHOSPHO DEXTRO GALACTOFURANOSE; URIDINE 5' DIPHOSPHO DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOOK; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956293950     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)78019-8     Document Type: Chapter

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