Thiol metabolism of the trypanosomatids as potential drug targets

IUBMB Life

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 243-248

  Steenkamp, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glutathionylspermidine; Leishmania; Ovothiol A; Trypanosoma; Trypanothione; Trypanothione reductase

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONYLSPERMIDINE; OVOTHIOL A; SPERMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PLUMBAGIN; POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA; YEAST CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; LEISHMANIA; METHYLHISTIDINES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYAMINES; SPERMIDINE; SULFUR; TRYPANOSOMA; ANIMALS;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0035991711     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540212649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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