Transketolase from Leishmania mexicana has a dual subcellular localization

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 759-767

  Veitch, Nicola J ^a   Maugeri, Dante A ^b   Cazzulo, Juan Jose ^b   Lindqvist, Ylva ^c   Barrett, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glycosome; Leishmania mexicana; Pentose phosphate pathway; Transketolase

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

GENE ENCODING; PROMASTIGOTE;

GENES;

DIGITONIN; RIBOSE 5 PHOSPHATE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICROBODIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXISOMES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSKETOLASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4544269846     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040459     Document Type: Article

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