UDP-xylose and UDP-galactose synthesis in Trichomonas vaginalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-56

  Rosenberger, Andrea F N ^a   Hangelmann, Lydia ^a   Hofinger, Andreas ^a   Wilson, Iain B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Trichomonas vaginalis; UDP galactose; UDP xylose

Indexed keywords

URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

CARBOXY-LYASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 81055140113     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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