Cloning of an Fe-superoxide dismutase gene homologue from Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 339-343

  Temperton, Nigel J ^a   Wilkinson, Shane R ^a   Kelly, John M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

iron superoxide dismutase; oxidative stress; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

IRON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029917178     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02553-7     Document Type: Article

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