The redundant aminotransferases in lysine and arginine synthesis and the extent of aminotransferase redundancy in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 843-856

  Lal, Piyush Behari ^a   Schneider, Barbara L ^a   Vu, Khoan ^a,b   Reitzer, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ISOENZYME; LYSINE; PROTEIN ARGD; PROTEIN ASTC; PROTEIN GABT; PROTEIN PUUE; PROTEIN SERC; SUCCINYLDIAMINOPIMELATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARGININE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LYSINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 84930981353     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12801     Document Type: Article

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