Molecular characterization of glycosomal NAD+-dependent glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-158

  Stebeck, Caroline E ^a   Frevert, Ute ^b   Mommsen, Tom P ^a   Vassella, Erik ^c   Roditi, Isabel ^c   Pearson, Terry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; rational drug design; trypanosome

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TARGETING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALIA; CRITHIDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029879210     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02555-3     Document Type: Article

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