Identification and characterization of a novel Ribose 5-phosphate isomerase B from Leishmania donovani

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Kaur, Preet Kamal ^a   Dinesh, Neeradi ^a   Soumya, Neelagiri ^a   Kishore Babu, Neerupudi ^a   Singh, Sushma ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Drug target; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis; Pentose phosphate pathway (PPP); Ribose 5 phosphate isomerase (Rpi); Ribose 5 phosphate isomerase B (RpiB)

Indexed keywords

ISOMERASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RIBOSE 5 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOMERIZATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84860348816     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.107     Document Type: Article

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