Bacterial thiol-disulfide redox metabolism: A new target for rational drug design

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-155

  Cohen, G ^a   Borovok, I ^a   Uziel, O ^a   Schreiber, R ^a   Aharonowitz, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug design; Metabolism; Thiol disulfide redox

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0034849934     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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