The Selenophosphate Synthetase Gene from Leishmania major

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-70

  Jayakumar, P Cyril ^a   Musande, Vijay V ^a   Shouche, Yogesh S ^a   Patole, Milind S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; L. major; Selenophosphate synthetase; UGA codon

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1642306973     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170310001623653     Document Type: Article

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