Identification and characterisation of a functional peroxidoxin from Leishmania major

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 125-137

  Levick, Mark P ^a   Tetaud, Emmanuel ^b   Fairlamb, Alan H ^b   Blackwell, Jenefer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome project; Leishmania major; Oxidative damage; Peroxidoxin; Tryparedoxin

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROPEROXIDE; PEROXIDASE; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPANOTHIONE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDASES; PEROXIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMIDINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032582721     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00122-4     Document Type: Article

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