Sensitivity of trypanosomatid protozoa to DFMO and metabolic turnover of ornithine decarboxylase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 663-668

  Carrillo, C ^a   Cejas, S ^a   Cortes M ^a   Ceriani, C ^a   Huber, A ^a   Gonzalez N S ^a   Algranati, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crithidia fasciculata; DFMO resistance; Leishmania mexicana; Ornithine decarboxylase; Phytomonas; Polyamines; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosomatids proliferation

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; SPERMIDINE; TRYPANOTHIONE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME METABOLISM; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034694943     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3996     Document Type: Article

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