Molecular cloning and characterization of a putative glutathione reductase gene, the PfGR2 gene, from Plasmodium falciparum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 655-661

  Färber, Petra M ^a,b   Becker, Katja ^b   Müller, Sylke ^c   Schirmer, R Heiner ^b   Franklin, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Glutathione reductase; Malaria; Oxidative stress; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029908565     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0655u.x     Document Type: Article

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