S-Adenosylmethionine in protozoan parasites: Functions, synthesis and regulation

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Reguera, Rosa M ^a   Redondo, Carmen M ^a   Pérez Pertejo, Yolanda ^a   Balaña Fouce, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cryptosporidiosis; Leishmaniasis; Malaria; Methionine adenosyltransferase; Methylation; Polyamines; S adenosylmethionine; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL GROUP; POLYAMINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; DNA REPAIR; ENTAMOEBA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GIARDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TRANS ISOMER; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; PARASITES; PROTOZOA; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33846219448     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.11.013     Document Type: Review

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