Sequence, heterologous expression and functional characterization of a novel tryparedoxin from Crithidia fasciculata

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1137-1142

  Montemartini, Marisa ^a   Kalisz, Henryk M ^b   Kiess, Michael ^b   Nogoceke, Everson ^b,c   Singh, Mahavir ^a   Steinert, Peter ^a   Flohé, Leopold ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crithidia fasciculata; Expression; Function; Sequence; Tryparedoxin I; Tryparedoxin II

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPAREDOXIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTAREDOXIN; NUCLEOREDOXIN; PROTEIN; TRYPAREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0031719808     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.8-9.1137     Document Type: Article

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