Overproduction of highly active trypanosome alternative oxidase in Escherichia coli heme-deficient mutant

Parasitology International

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Fukai, Yoshihisa ^a   Nihei, Coichi ^a   Kawai, Keisuke ^a   Yabu, Yoshisada ^b   Suzuki, Takasi ^b   Ohta, Nobuo ^b   Minagawa, Nobuko ^c   Nagai, Kazuo ^d   Kita, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Ascofuranone; Parasite mitochondria; Quinol oxidase; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosome alternative oxidase

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE INSENSITIVE TRYPANOSOME ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; HEME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0141783977     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(03)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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