The danger of annotation by analogy: Most "thii" genes play no role in thiamine biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4574-4575

  Bender, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DISULFIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; THIAMINE; THII PROTEIN; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOURIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENYLATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SULFURTRANSFERASES; THIAMINE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 80052528579     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05666-11     Document Type: Note

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