Characterization of S-adenosylmethionine synthetase in Cryptosporidium parvum (Apicomplexa)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-277

  Šlapeta, Jan ^a   Stejskal, František ^b   Keithly, Janet S ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cryptosporidium; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; S adenosylmethionine synthetase

Indexed keywords

CYCLOLEUCINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOLEUCINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KINETICS; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0642302965     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00537-8     Document Type: Article

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