Putrescine activation of Trypanosoma cruzi S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase

Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 44, 2002, Pages 13207-13216

  Clyne, Tracy ^a   Kinch, Lisa N ^a   Phillips, Margaret A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING CONSTANT;

AMINO ACIDS; ASSAYS; ENZYMES; POLYPEPTIDES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBON 14; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BOROHYDRIDES; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PUTRESCINE; RABBITS; RETICULOCYTES; SCHIFF BASES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037027308     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi026541d     Document Type: Article

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