Molecular characterization of the Entamoeba histolytica enolase gene and modelling of the predicted protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-129

  Hidalgo, María Eugenia ^a   Sánchez, Roberto ^a   Guillermo Perez D ^a   Rodríguez, Mario A ^a   García, Job ^a   Orozco, Esther ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome mapping; enolase; Entamoeba histolytica; protein modelling

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE;

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030972336     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00491-0     Document Type: Article

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