The deoxyribonucleoside phosphotransferase of Trichomonas vaginalis. A potential target for anti-trichomonial chemotherapy

Trichomonas vaginalis, a human protozoan parasite known to lack the capability of synthesizing purine and pyrimidine nucleotides de novo, was found also incapable of converting its ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides. The only apparent means of providing deoxyribonucleotides for DNA synthesis re...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1984
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2187479/