Characterization of Trypanosoma brucei pyridoxal kinase: Purification, gene isolation and expression in Escherichia coli

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Scott, Teddy C ^a   Phillips, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Gene isolation; Pyridoxal kinase; T. brucei

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXAL KINASE; PYRIDOXINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIDOXAL KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030744397     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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