Characterization of the folylpolyglutamate synthetase gene and polyglutamylation of folates in the protozoan parasite Leishmania

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-71

  Fadili, Amal El ^a   Kündig, Christoph ^a   Ouellette, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folate metabolism; Folylpolyglutamate synthetase; FPGS transfectant; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALLELE; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FOLIC ACID; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFECTION;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037057092     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00163-9     Document Type: Article

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