Amino sugar phosphate levels in Giardia change during cyst wall formation

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1225-1230

  Sener, Keriman ^a   Shen, Zuojun ^b,c   Newburg, David S ^b   Jarroll, Edward L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORYLASE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLUCONEOGENESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 2942558648     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26898-0     Document Type: Article

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