Purine and pyrimidine metabolism in Leishmania

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 625, Issue , 2008, Pages 141-154

  Ullman, Buddy ^a   Carter, Nicola S ^b   Yates, Phillip ^b   Arendt, Cassandra S ^b   Boitz, Jan M ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIVICIN; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMATE KINASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DIHYDROOROTASE; DIHYDROOROTATE DEHYDROGENASE; DNA; METHOTREXATE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA; SPARFOSIC ACID;

DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; GENE; LDNT1.1 GENE; LDNT1.2 GENE; LDNT2 GENE; LDNT3 GENE; LDNT4 GENE; LEISHMANIA; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84934442460     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77570-8_12     Document Type: Review

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