Pyruvate kinase is present in Giardia intestinalis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-156

  Park, Jeong Hyun ^a,b,c   Schofield, Philip J ^a   Edwards, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE KINASE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0031260066     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4206     Document Type: Article

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