Properties of trypanothione synthetase from Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  Oza, Sandra L ^a   Ariyanayagam, Mark R ^a   Aitcheson, Niall ^a,b   Fairlamb, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amidase; Biosynthesis; Glutathione; Polyamine; Synthetase; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; GLUTATHIONE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; INSECTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0041326635     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00176-2     Document Type: Article

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