"Ligases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of enzymes that catalyze the formation of a bond between two substrate molecules, coupled with the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond in ATP or a similar energy donor. (Dorland, 28th ed) EC 6.
| Descriptor ID |
D008025
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.464
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| Concept/Terms |
Ligases- Ligases
- Synthetases
- Synthetase
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ligases" by people in Profiles.
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Natori Y, Tagami K, Murakami K, Yoshida S, Tanigawa O, Moh Y, Masuda K, Wada T, Suzuki S, Nanamiya H, Tozawa Y, Kawamura F. Transcription activity of individual rrn operons in Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC. J Bacteriol. 2009 Jul; 191(14):4555-61.
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Rebbeck TR, Walker AH, Zeigler-Johnson C, Weisburg S, Martin AM, Nathanson KL, Wein AJ, Malkowicz SB. Association of HPC2/ELAC2 genotypes and prostate cancer. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 Oct; 67(4):1014-9.
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Dabbagh O, Brismar J, Gascon GG, Ozand PT. The clinical spectrum of biotin-treatable encephalopathies in Saudi Arabia. Brain Dev. 1994 Nov; 16 Suppl:72-80.
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Cocchetto DM, Bjornsson TD. Studies in rats on in vitro inhibition and in vivo activity of vitamin-K-dependent carboxylation. Haemostasis. 1986; 16(5):321-36.