Molecular characterisation of adenosylhomocysteinase from Trichomonas vaganalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Bagnara, Aldo S ^a   Tucker, Virginia E ^a   Minotto, Linda ^a   Howes, Elizabeth R ^a   Ko, Gyung Ae ^a   Edwards, Michael R ^a   Dawes, Ian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methylation reactions; S Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase; Trichomonas; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0030592442     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02683-7     Document Type: Article

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