Molecular cloning and characterization of two iron superoxide dismutase cDNAs from Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-197

  Ismail, Said O ^a   Paramchuk, Wendy ^a   Skeiky, Yasir A W ^b   Reed, Steven G ^b   Bhatia, Ajay ^a,b   Gedamu, Lashitew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Iron superoxide dismutase; Sequence; T. cruzi

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IRON; PARAQUAT; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA LIBRARY; EPIMASTIGOTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; IRON; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAQUAT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030997726     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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