Functional analysis of the glutathione S-transferase 3 from Onchocerca volvulus (Ov-GST-3): A parasite GST confers increased resistance to oxidative stress in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-37

  Kampkötter, Andreas ^a   Volkmann, Thorsten E ^a   De Castro, Sarah Hegi ^b   Leiers, Britta ^a   Klotz, Lars Oliver ^a   Johnson, Thomas E ^b   Link, Christopher D ^b   Henkle Dührsen, Kimberly ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione S transferase; Onchocerca volvulus; Reactive oxygen species; Stress resistance; Transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYPOXANTHINE; JUGLONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0037258067     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01174-9     Document Type: Article

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