Uridine phosphorylase from Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda): Kinetics and inhibition by pyrimidine nucleoside analogs

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 733-742

  Drabikowska, Alicja K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hymenolepis diminuta; Inhibitors; Kinetics; Uridine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MAMMALIA;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; URIDINE; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; HYMENOLEPIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROLYSIS; HYMENOLEPIS; KINETICS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URIDINE; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

EID: 0030347895     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1996_4471     Document Type: Article

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