Cloning and characterization of a putative testis-specific pyruvate dehydrogenase β subunit from the parasitic nematode, Ascaris suum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 391-394

  Huang, Yue Jin ^a   Komuniecki, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; E1 subunit; Molecular cloning; Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCARIS SUUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY;

ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 0031435946     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00175-8     Document Type: Article

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