Purine and pyrimidine metabolism in the trypanosomatidae

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 243-261

  Hammond, David J ^a   Gutteridge, Winston E ^a  

^a WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Parasites; Protozoa; Purine; Pyrimidine; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMAL; CRITHIDIA; LEISHMANIA; MASTIGOPHORA; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0021732095     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(84)90117-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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