The role of the NTPDase enzyme family in parasites: What do we know, and where to from here?

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 963-980

  Sansom, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

enzyme; nomenclature; NTPDases; nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases

Indexed keywords

BETA,GAMMA DIBROMOMETHYLENE 6 N,N DIETHYLADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOKINE; GADOLINIUM; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LYCORINE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE DIPHOSPHOHYDROLASE; PHOSPHATASE; PURINE; SURAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUGAR TRANSPORT; THROMBOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SCHISTOSOMA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRYPANOSOMA;

EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84863920388     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201200025X     Document Type: Review

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