Kinetic modeling can describe in vivo glycolysis in Entamoeba histolytica

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4922-4940

  Saavedra, Emma ^a   Marín Hernández, Alvaro ^a   Encalada, Rusely ^a   Olivos, Alfonso ^b   Mendoza Hernández, Guillermo ^b   Moreno Sánchez, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ATPases; Drug targeting; Hexokinase; Phosphoglycerate mutase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEXOKINASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; PYRUVATE PHOSPHATE DIKINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOLYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; ETHANOL; GLYCOLYSIS; HEXOKINASE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TITRIMETRY;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 34548448600     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06012.x     Document Type: Article

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