Folate metabolic pathways in Leishmania

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-80

  Vickers, Tim J ^a   Beverley, Stephen M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10-METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FOLIC ACID; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHIONINE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PTERIDINES; PURINES; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 84862603262     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0510063     Document Type: Article

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