Binding of Hematin by a New Class of Glutathione Transferase from the Blood-Feeding Parasitic Nematode Haemonchus contortus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2780-2790

  Van Rossum, Arjan J ^a   Jefferies, James R ^a   Rijsewijk, Frans A M ^c   LaCourse, E James ^a   Teesdale Spittle, Paul ^d   Barrett, John ^a   Tait, Andrew ^b   Brophy, Peter M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FENBENDAZOLE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMATIN; IMIDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; MORANTEL TARTRATE; OXIBENDAZOLE; PIPERAZINE; PYRANTEL TARTRATE; THIAMAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAEMONCHUS; HEMIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 2142695776     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2780-2790.2004     Document Type: Article

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