Phosphoribosyltransferase Mechanisms and Roles in Nucleic Acid Metabolism

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology

Volumn 78, Issue , 2004, Pages 261-304

  Schramm, Vern L ^a   Grubmeyer, Charles ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEIC ACID; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10844263403     PISSN: 00796603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6603(04)78007-1     Document Type: Article

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