Recombinant putative glutathione reductase of Plasmodium falciparum exhibits thioredoxin reductase activity

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-219

  Müller, Sylke ^a   Gilberger, Tim Wolf ^a   Färber, Petra M ^b   Becker, Katja ^b   Schirmer, R Heiner ^b   Walter, Rolf D ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disulfide oxidoreductase; Plasmodium falciparum; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030272317     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02694-1     Document Type: Article

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