Arginine kinase and phosphoarginine, a functional phosphagen, in the rhabditoid nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 603-607

  Platzer, E G ^a   Wang, Wen ^a   Thompson, S N ^a   Borchardt, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE KINASE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHOAMINO ACID; PHOSPHOARGININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

AEROBIOSIS; AGE FACTORS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ARGININE KINASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOTHS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; RHABDITOIDEA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032816564     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285730     Document Type: Article

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