The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum possesses a functional thioredoxin system

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-228

  Krnajski, Zita ^a   Gilberger, Tim W ^a   Walter, Rolf D ^a   Müller, Sylke ^b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Oxidative stress; Plasmodium falciparum; Redox system; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

5,5' DITHIOBIS(2 NITROBENZOIC ACID); COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TURNOVER TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; KINETICS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035109514     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00372-8     Document Type: Article

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