Arrest of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. brucei brucei in the S-phase of the cell cycle by (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine ((S)-HPMPA)

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Kaminsky, Ronald ^a   Nickel, Beatrice ^a   Holý, Antonin ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

(S) HPMPA; Adenosine analogues; Aphidicolin; Cell cycle; Trypanosoma brucei spp.

Indexed keywords

9 (3 FLUORO 2 PHOSPHONOMETHOXYPROPYL)ADENINE; ADENINE; APHIDICOLIN; LEUCINE; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; APHIDICOLIN; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PYRUVATES; S PHASE; THYMIDINE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0032523749     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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