Microbial L-asparaginase: A potent antitumour enzyme

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-194

  Savitri, ^a   Asthana, Neeta ^a   Azmi, Wamik ^a  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Antilymphoma; Antitumour; Intracellular enzyme; L asparaginase

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS POLYMEXA; BACILLUS PUMILUS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA UTILIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CITROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CYLIDROCAPRON OBTUSISPORUM; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AROIDEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GUINEA PIG; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOGENICITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PICHIA POLYMORPHA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS OVALIS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ALBUS; STREPTOMYCES COLLINUS; STREPTOMYCES KARNATAKENSIS; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TUMOR CELL; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CITROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PICHIA; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PICHIA JADINII; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ALBUS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COLLINUS; STREPTOMYCES KARNATAKENSIS; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE; SUS SCROFA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; THERMOACTINOMYCES; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; WOLINELLA; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 0042977380     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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