Separation of NADH-fumarate reductase and succinate dehydrogenase activities in Trypanosoma cruzi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-228

  Christmas, Patrick B ^a   Turrens, Julio F ^a  

^a Department of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Metabolism; Mitochondria; NADH fumarate reductase; Succinate dehydrogenase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE REDUCTASE; FUMARIC ACID; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EPIMASTIGOTE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; FUMARATES; NAD; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033953484     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00646-1     Document Type: Article

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