The enzymes of the 10-formyl-tetrahydrofolate synthetic pathway are found exclusively in the cytosol of the trypanosomatid parasite Leishmania major.

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  2009

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  Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Print)

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

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  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.03.009PMID 19450731PMCID PMC2692634
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