Role of alcohol dehydrogenase E (ADHE) in the energy metabolism of Giardia lamblia

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-36

  Dan, Meixia ^a   Wang, Ching C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Gene expression; Giardiavirus; Hammerhead ribozyme; Transfection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOZYME;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA CLEAVAGE; TROPHOZOITE;

AEROBIOSIS; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VECTORS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIAVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033878311     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00233-4     Document Type: Article

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