Organization, sequence and stage-specific expression of the phosphoglycerate kinase genes of Leishmania mexicana mexicana

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-168

  Adje C A ^a   Opperdoes, F R ^a   Michels, P A M ^a  

^a International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gene analysis; Glycolysis; Isoenzyme; Leishmania mexicana; Phosphoglycerate kinase

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0031451189     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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