Alanine aminotransferase of Trypanosoma brucei--a key role in proline metabolism in procyclic life forms.

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Published in FEBS J on November 06, 2009

Authors

Diana Spitznagel1, Charles Ebikeme, Marc Biran, Nóirín Nic a' Bháird, Frédéric Bringaud, Gary T M Henehan, Derek P Nolan

Author Affiliations

1: School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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