Cloning and characterization of the NAD-linked glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenases of Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Leishmania mexicana mexicana and expression of the trypanosome enzyme in Escherichia coli

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 159-173

  Kohl, Linda ^a,d   Drmota, Tomas ^a,b   Do Thi, Chuong Dai ^a   Callens, Mia ^a   Van Beeumen, Jozef ^c   Opperdoes, Fred R ^a   Michels, Paul A M ^a  

^a International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene analysis; Glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase (nad); Leishmania mexicana; Mitochondrion; Protein analysis; Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD+); GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA MEXICANA; PROKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0029925438     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02556-1     Document Type: Article

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