The parasite-specific trypanothione metabolism of trypanosoma and leishmania

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 384, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-549

  Krauth Siegel, R Luise ^a   Meiering, Svea K ^a   Schmidt, Heide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Ovothiol; Peroxiredoxin; Thiol metabolism; Trypanosoma; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DITHIOL DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; OVOTHIOL A; PEROXIDASE; SPERMIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DETOXIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLAGELLATE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TARGETING; REDUCTION; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SPERMIDINE; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPANOSOMA;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0037846500     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2003.062     Document Type: Review

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