Characterisation and expression of the carbamate kinase gene from Giardia intestinalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-51

  Minotto, Linda ^a   Tutticci, Emily A ^a   Bagnara, Aldo S ^a   Schofield, Philip J ^a   Edwards, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbamate kinase; Characterisation of recombinant carbamate kinase; Gene cloning and sequencing; Gene expression; Giardia intestinalis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE KINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0032928664     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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