Purification and partial characterization of the Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase from the dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-196

  Ungpakorn, R ^b   Holdom, M D ^a   Hamilton, A J ^a   Hay, R J ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Dermatology Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; EDETIC ACID; GUANIDINE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SODIUM AZIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

EID: 0029761961     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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