Effects of Intermediates of methionine metabolism and nucleoside analogs on S-Adenosylmethionine transport by Trypanosoma brucei brucei and a drug-resistant trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-103

  Goldberg, Burt ^a,b,d   Rattendi, Donna ^b   Lloyd, David ^a   Sufrin, Janice R ^c   Bacchi, Cyrus J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methionine metabolism; Methylthioadenosine; S adenosylmethionine metabolism; Trypanocidal agents

Indexed keywords

5' [(4 AMINO 2 BUTENYL)METHYLAMINO] 5' DEOXYADENOSINE; ADENOSINE; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FORMYCIN; MELAMINE; MELARSENOXIDE; METHIONINE; MITOGUAZONE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PENTAMIDINE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; PUTRESCINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SINEFUNGIN; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; METHIONINE; POLYAMINES; PURINE NUCLEOSIDES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0031753347     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(98)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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