Isolation and functional analysis of two thioredoxin peroxidases (peroxiredoxins) from Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 303-308

  Krnajski, Zita ^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; Peroxiredoxin; Plasmodium falciparum; Thioredoxin peroxidase; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXIREDOXIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TRYPAREDOXIN; TRYPAREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DNA DEGRADATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; PEROXISOME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PEROXIDASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH);

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0035815346     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00219-5     Document Type: Article

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