Biochemical and molecular characterization of the pyrimidine biosynthetic enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase from Toxoplasma gondii.

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Published in Mol Biochem Parasitol on May 08, 2012

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Miryam Andrea Hortua Triana1, My-Hang Huynh, Manuel F Garavito, Barbara A Fox, David J Bzik, Vern B Carruthers, Monika Löffler, Barbara H Zimmermann

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1: Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1, No. 18A-10, Bogotá, Colombia.

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