The putative acetyl-CoA synthetase gene of Cryptosporidium parvum and a new conserved protein motif in acetyl-CoA synthetases

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-427

  Khramtsov, Nikolai V ^a   Blunt, Dennis S ^a   Montelone, Beth A ^a   Upton, Steve J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0029945160     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284079     Document Type: Article

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