Methionine and cysteine metabolism in Fasciola hepatica

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1401-1404

  Bankov, Ilia ^a   Timanova, Anna ^a   Barrett, John ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cystathionase; cystathionine synthase; Fasciola hepatica; methyltetrahydrofolate homocysteine methyltransferase (methionine synthase); TH4 tetrahydrofo late

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NONHUMAN;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYSTEINE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; SERINE; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA;

EID: 0030498118     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00131-2     Document Type: Article

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