Cloning and kinetic characterization of the Trypanosoma cruzi S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Kinch, Lisa N ^a   Scott, Jerry R ^b   Ullman, Buddy ^b   Phillips, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Polyamines; S adenosylmethionine decarboxylase; T. cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; CADAVERINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADAVERINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PUTRESCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

FELIS CATUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032998601     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00181-9     Document Type: Article

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