His-tagged tryparedoxin peroxidase of Trypanosoma cruzi as a tool for drug screening

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 410-414

  Guerrero, S A ^a   Lopez, J A ^b   Steinert, P ^a   Montemartini, M ^c   Kalisz, H M ^c   Colli, W ^b   Singh, M ^c   Alves, M J M ^b   Flohe L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PEROXIDASE; TRYPAREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0034058791     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051634     Document Type: Article

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