The pivotal role of guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in purine salvage by Giardia lamblia

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1073-1079

  Munagala, Narsimha ^a   Wang, Ching C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PURINE; PURINE RIBONUCLEOTIDE; PUROMYCIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME; RIBOZYME GP5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PURINES; PUROMYCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSFECTION;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA VIRUS; GIARDIAVIRUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036096879     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02942.x     Document Type: Article

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