Expression, purification, and characterization of uracil phosphoribosyltransferase from Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-144

  Carter, Darrick ^a   Donald, Robert G K ^b   Roos, David ^b   Ullman, Buddy ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme kinetics; Phosphoribosyltransferase; Protein purification; Pyrimidine metabolism; Toxoplasma gondii; Uracil phosphoribosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030738303     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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