Methionine adenosyltransferase (S-Adenosylmethionine synthetase)

Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology

Volumn 78 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 449-521

  Pajares, María A ^a   Markham, George D ^a  

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METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DISEASE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANTS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; YEASTS;

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