Functional analysis of Bacillus subtilis genes involved in the biosynthesis of 4-thiouridine in tRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4933-4940

  Rajakovich, Lauren J ^a   Tomlinson, John ^a   Dos Santos, Patricia C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 THIOURIDINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE DESULFURASE ISCS; PROTEIN THII; SULFUR; SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIAMINE; THIOURIDINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NIFZ GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; THII GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; RNA, TRANSFER; SULFURTRANSFERASES; THIOURIDINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84866409923     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00842-12     Document Type: Article

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