Diamine auxotrophy may be a universal feature of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-121

  Ariyanayagam, Mark R ^a,b   Fairlamb, Alan H ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agmatine; auxotrophy; diamines; glutathione; polyamines; trypanothione

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; CADAVERINE; DIAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; TRYPANOTHIONE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CELL GROWTH; EPIMASTIGOTE; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DIAMINES; POLYAMINES; SPERMIDINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031057528     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02788-0     Document Type: Article

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