Characterization of mycobacterial UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyle transferase (MurA)

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-101

  Xu, Liming ^a   Wu, Dongting ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Zheng, Qi ^a   Song, Yu ^a   Ye, Li ^a   Sha, Shanshan ^a   Kang, Jian ^a   Xin, Yi ^a,b   Ma, Yufang ^a,b  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering   (China)

Author keywords

Cell wall; MurA; Mycobacteria; Peptidoglycan; UDP N acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyle transferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MYCOBACTERIAL URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVYLE TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

CELL WALL; MURA; MYCOBACTERIA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVYLE TRANSFERASE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLORIMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, ESSENTIAL; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896036238     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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