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Redox regulation of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Entamoeba histolytica.
Biochimie - 1 Feb 2011
Martínez Lucila I, Piattoni Claudia V, Garay Sergio A, Rodrígues Daniel E, Guerrero Sergio A, Iglesias Alberto A
Abstract excerpt
Amoebiasis is an intestinal infection caused by the human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica and representing the third leading cause of death by parasites in the world. Host-parasite interactions mainly involve anchored glycoconjugates localized in the surface of the parasitic cell. In protozoa, synthesis of structural oligo- and polysaccharides occurs via UDP-glucose, generated in a reaction catalyzed by...
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