Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding pyruvate phosphate dikinase from Giardia duodenalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-233

  Bruderer, Thomas ^a   Wehrli, Claudia ^a   Köhler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Giardia duodenalis; Promoters; Pyruvate phosphate dikinase

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE PHOSPHATE DIKINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029982268     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02605-9     Document Type: Article

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