Purification and partial structural and kinetic characterization of an alanine aminotransferase from epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-228

  Zelada, Cecilia ^a   Montemartini, Marisa ^a   Cazzulo, Juan José ^a   Nowicki, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Epimastigotes; Glucose catabolism; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPIMASTIGOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030221826     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02652-7     Document Type: Article

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