Trypanosoma cruzi genome encodes a pteridine reductase 2 protein

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-92

  Senkovich, Olga ^a   Pal, Biswajit ^a   Schormann, Norbert ^a   Chattopadhyay, Debasish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifolate; Chagas' disease; Chemotherapy; Pteridine reductase; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHOTREXATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037373775     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00309-2     Document Type: Article

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