Mercaptopyridine-N-oxide, an NADH-fumarate reductase inhibitor, blocks Trypanosoma cruzi growth in culture and in infected myoblasts

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-221

  Turrens, Julio F ^a   Newton, Charles L ^a   Zhong, Li ^b   Hernandez, F Rafael ^c   Whitfield, Joseph ^c   Docampo, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Growth inhibition; Mercapto N pyridine; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; PYRITHIONE; SUCCINIC ACID;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIMASTIGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MUSCLES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PYRIDINES; SUCCINATES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032809761     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00181-0     Document Type: Article

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