Inhibition of the respiratory chain results in a reversible metabolic arrest in Leishmania promastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-138

  Van Hellemond, Jaap J ^a   Tielens, Aloysius G M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

energy metabolism; fermentation; hypoxia tolerance; respiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; HYPOXIA; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIMYCIN A; CELL DIVISION; CYANIDES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; LEISHMANIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030975596     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)02828-4     Document Type: Article

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