Transaldolase: From biochemistry to human disease

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1482-1494

  Samland, Anne K ^a   Sprenger, Georg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Multiple sclerosis; Pentose phosphate pathway; Schiff base; Structure; Transaldolase

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; SCHIFF BASE; TRANSALDOLASE;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE; HUMANS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PHYLOGENY; SCHIFF BASES; TRANSALDOLASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 63049112606     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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