A thioredoxin reductase-class of disulphide reductase in the protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-220

  Brown, David M ^a   Upcroft, Jacqueline A ^a   Upcroft, Peter ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

disulphide reductase; giardia duodenalis; glutathione; thioredoxin; thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GIARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; GIARDIA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NADP; NITROBENZOATES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH);

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030596199     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02776-4     Document Type: Article

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