Subcellular localization of adenine and xanthine phosphoribosyltransferases in Leishmania donovani

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-51

  Zarella Boitz, Jan M ^a   Rager, Nicolle ^a   Jardim, Armando ^b   Ullman, Buddy ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase; Glycosome; Leishmania donovani; Localization; Purines; Xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PURINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 1642513404     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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