The single deoxynucleoside kinase in Drosophila melanogaster, Dm-dNK, is multifunctional and differs from the mammalian deoxynucleoside kinases

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 431, Issue , 1998, Pages 465-469

  Munch Petersen, Birgitte ^a   Piskur, Jure ^b   Søndergaard, Leif ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYTARABINE; DEOXYADENOSINE KINASE; DEOXYCYTIDINE KINASE; DEOXYGUANOSINE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMINE ARABINOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031862452     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5381-6_92     Document Type: Conference Paper

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