Characterization of thioredoxin reductase genes (trr1) from Pneumocystis carinii and Pneumocystis jiroveci

Gene

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 175-183

  Kutty, Geetha ^a   Huang, Sheng N ^a,b   Kovacs, Joseph A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Kexin; Multicopy gene; PCP; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

BRINASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; KEXIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 0037835533     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00549-3     Document Type: Article

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