Cloning, overexpression and characterization of Leishmania donovani squalene synthase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-92

  Bhargava, Prachi ^a   Kumar, Kishore ^a   Chaudhaery, Shailendra S ^a   Saxena, Anil K ^a   Roy, Uma ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

farnesyl pyrophosphate; squalene synthase; sterols; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DOLICHOL; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GUANIDINE; SQUALENE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; UBIQUINONE; UREA; ZARAGOZIC ACID A;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEROL SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956401283     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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