Partial purification and characterization of ornithine decarboxylase from Entamoeba histolytica

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-260

  Arteaga Nieto, Pablo ^a   Villagómez Castro, Julio C ^a   Calvo Méndez, Carlos ^a,b   López Romero, Everardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

E. histolytica; Ornithine decarboxylase; Ornithine decarboxylase inhibitors; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE; PUTRESCINE DERIVATIVE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0343338179     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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