The crystal structure of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase from Leishmania mexicana reveals novel active site features.

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Published in Eur J Biochem on July 01, 2004

Authors

Artur T Cordeiro1, Paul A M Michels, Luiz F Delboni, Otávio H Thiemann

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Protein Crystallography and Structural Biology, Physics Institute of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos-SP, Brazil.

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