Identification of a transcription factor like protein at the TOR locus in Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 505-511

  Detke, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania; POU; Purine transport; TOR

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL RIBOSIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; FORMYCIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUBERCIDIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLOPURINOL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE; FORMYCINS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INOSINE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-6; PEPTIDES; PURINES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TUBERCIDIN;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031574141     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00201-6     Document Type: Article

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