Structure and function of cytidine monophosphate kinase from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, essential for virulence but not for survival

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Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Walker, Nicola J ^a   Clark, Elizabeth A ^b   Ford, Donna C ^a   Bullifent, Helen L ^a   McAlister, Erin V ^a,c   Duffield, Melanie L ^a   Acharya, K Ravi ^b   Oyston, Petra C F ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Cytidine monophosphate kinase; Virulence; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTIDYLATE KINASE; NUCLEOSIDE MONOPHOSPHATE KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; KINETICS; MICE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDE-PHOSPHATE KINASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84877746143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120142     Document Type: Article

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