Growth inhibition of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei by the iron chelator deferoxamine

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 473-479

  Breidbach, Tanja ^a   Scory, Stefan ^a   Krauth Siegel, R Luise ^a   Steverding, Dietmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deferoxamine; Iron chelation; Iron metabolism; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CHELATING AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE; IRON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSFERRIN;

PARASITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; IRON METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; DEFEROXAMINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MICE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0036176072     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00310-1     Document Type: Article

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