Racemization in reverse: Evidence that D-amino acid toxicity on Earth is controlled by bacteria with racemases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Gaosen ^a   Sun, Henry J ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; RACEMASE; AMINO ACID; ISOMERASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RACEMIZATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; ARTHROBACTER; DESERT CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84898634899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092101     Document Type: Article

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