Cloning and characterization of Leishmania mexicana fructose-1,6- bisphosphate aldolase

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-283

  De Walque, Stéphane ^a   Opperdoes, Fred R ^a   Michels, Paul A M ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fructose 1,6 bisphosphate aldolase; Glycosome; Leishmania mexicana

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXISOMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SURAMIN; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 0032887162     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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