Identification and characterization of the cofactor-independent phosphoglycerate mutases of Dirofilaria immitis and its Wolbachia endosymbiont

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-356

  Li, Zhiru ^a   Galvin, Brendan D ^a   Raverdy, Sylvine ^a   Carlow, Clotilde K S ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cofactor independent phosphoglycerate mutase; Dirofilaria immitis; Drug target; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; ENOLASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE;

ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENOME; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA;

2,3-DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCERIC ACIDS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

BRUGIA MALAYI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MAMMALIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79952900210     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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