Isolation of a nitric oxide synthase from the protozoan parasite, Leishmania donovani

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Basu, Nikhil K ^a   Kole, Labanyamoy ^a   Ghosh, Abhijit ^a   Das, Pijush K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Enzyme purification; Leishmania donovani; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; EGTAZIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NADP; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0031277625     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00401-1     Document Type: Article

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