The dgt gene of Escherichia coli facilitates thymine utilization in thymine-requiring strains

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1221-1232

  Itsko, Mark ^a   Schaaper, Roel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOD PHOSPHORYLASE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYRIBOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; DUMP PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DGT GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEOXYGUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYRIBOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; SEQUENCE DELETION; THYMINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80051945854     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07756.x     Document Type: Article

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