Isolation and partial characterization of a broad specificity aminotransferase from Leishmania mexicana promastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 83-92

  Vernal, Javier ^a   Cazzulo, Juan José ^b   Nowicki, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aminotransferases; Aromatic amino acid catabolism; Broad specificity aminotransferase; Leishmania mexicana

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0032582840     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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