Metabolism of Leishmania: proven and predicted

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 149-158

  Opperdoes, Fred R ^a   Coombs, Graham H ^b  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HEME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; SUGAR;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ASCORBIC ACID METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLATE METABOLISM; HEME SYNTHESIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33947221526     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.02.004     Document Type: Review

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