Trypanosoma cruzi: Molecular cloning and characterization of the S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Parker, Nathan B ^a   Yang, Xiaoda ^a,c   Hanke, Jens ^b,d   Mason, Kenneth A ^a,e   Schowen, Richard L ^a   Borchardt, Ronald T ^a   Yin, Daniel H ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d GPC Biotech AG   (Germany)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 1242315505     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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