Cloning and characterization of engA, a GTP-binding protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Biologicals

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Meena, Laxman S ^a   Rajni, ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

EngA; GTP binding protein; GTPase; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN ENGA; PROTEIN ERA; PROTEIN LEPA; PROTEIN OBG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952536520     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: 10958320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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