Spermidine metabolism in parasitic protozoa - A comparison to the situation in prokaryotes, viruses, plants and fungi

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-18

  Kaiser, Annette E ^a   Gottwald, Andrea M ^a   Wiersch, Carolin S ^a   Maier, Walter A ^a   Seitz, Hanns M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deoxyhypusine; Drug therapy; eIF5A; Homospermidine; Leishmania; Plasmodium; Spermidine; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LEISHMANIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0037368219     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.002     Document Type: Review

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