Sugar nucleotide pools of Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Leishmania major

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1450-1463

  Turnock, Daniel C ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVALUATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 34547911022     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00175-07     Document Type: Article

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