Molecular cloning of an enzymatically active thioredoxin peroxidase from Onchocerca volvulus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-312

  Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^a,b   Curtis, Kurt C ^a   Lu, Wenhong ^c,d   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Nematoda; Onchocerca volvulus; Thiol specific antioxidant; Thioredoxin peroxidase

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PEROXIDASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0032103063     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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