The effect of buthionine sulfoximine on the growth of Leishmania donovani in culture

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-146

  Weldrick, Durand P ^a   Chodacka, Barbara ^a   Vogt, Ryan ^a   Steenkamp, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Buthionine sulfoximine; Glutathione; Leishmania donovani; Ovothiol A; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; COPPER SULFATE; GLUTATHIONE; OVOTHIOL A; PARAQUAT; SPERMIDINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUTATHIONE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHYLHISTIDINES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPERMIDINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033056206     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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