Genetic analysis of spermidine synthase from Leishmania donovani

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-226

  Roberts, Sigrid C ^a   Jiang, Yuqui ^a   Jardim, Armando ^a   Carter, Nicola S ^a   Heby, Olle ^b   Ullman, Buddy ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gene knockouts; Leishmania donovani; Polyamines; Spermidine synthase

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; CADAVERINE; GLUTATHIONE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE; TRYPANOTHIONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; KNOCKOUT GENE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE DELETION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYAMINES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0035400392     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00293-6     Document Type: Article

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