The occurrence of free D-alanine and an alanine racemase activity in Leishmania amazonensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-21

  Panizzutti, Rogério ^a   De Souza Leite, Milane ^a   Pinheiro, Carla M ^a   Meyer Fernandes, José Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; D cycloserine; Free D alanine; Leishmania amazonensis; Promastigotes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LYSATE; CHIRALITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RACEMIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 33645087909     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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