Substrate specificity of trypanothione reductase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 690-694

  Marsh, I R ^a   Bradley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogue; Substrate specificity; Trypanothione reductase

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPERMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031037117     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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