An assay for measuring the activity of Escherichia coli inducible lysine decarboxyase

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  Kanjee, Usheer ^a   Houry, Walid A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3' diphosphate; Acid Stress; Guanosine 5' diphosphate; Inducible Lysine Decarboxyase; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate dependent decarboxylase; Stringent Response

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055118200     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2094     Document Type: Article

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