Do neuroglobin and myoglobin protect Toxoplasma gondii from nitrosative stress?

IUBMB Life

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 689-691

  Ascenzi, Paolo ^a,c   Bocedi, Alessio ^a   Gradoni, Luigi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Myoglobin; Neuroglobin; Nitric oxide; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; NEUROGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL PROTECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MUSCLE CELL; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMODIUM; PROTECTION; RETINA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA CRUZI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; GLOBINS; HEART; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE; RETINA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 27644447316     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500305894     Document Type: Article

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