Enzymes of energy metabolism in the bradyzoites and tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-108

  Denton, Helen ^a   Roberts, Craig W ^b,d   Alexander, James ^b   Thong, Kam Wah ^c   Coombs, Graham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; Enzymes; Glycolysis; Lactate dehydrogenase; Tachyzoite; TCA cycle; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; ENZYME; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD); ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029879667     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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