Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase and methionine formation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Venos, Erik S ^a   Knodel, Marvin H ^a   Radford, Cynthia L ^a   Berger, Bradley J ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; BENZYLOXYAMINE; CANALINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROXYLAMINE; HYDROXYLAMINOSULFONIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; KETOMETHIOBUTYRATE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; METHOXYAMINE; O ALLYLHYDROXYLAMINE; O ETHYLHYDROXYLAMINE; O NITROBENZYLHYDROXYLAMINE; O PENTAFLUOROBENZYLHYDROXYLAMINE; O TERT BUTYLDIMETHYLSILYLHYDROXYLAMINE; O TERT BUTYLHYDROXYLAMINE; O TETRAHYDROPYRANYLHYDROXYLAMINE; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSAFETY; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSAMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSAMINASES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 8844278368     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-39     Document Type: Article

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