Effects of buthionine sulfoximine nifurtimox and benznidazole upon trypanothione and metallothionein proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi

Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Maya, Juan Diego ^a   Rodríguez, Andrés ^a   Pino, Laura ^a   Pabón, Adriana ^b   Ferreira, Jorge ^a   Pavani, Mario ^a   Repetto, Yolanda ^a   Morello, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Benznidazole; Buthionine sulfoximine; Glutathione; Metallothionein; Nifurtimox; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; BROMOBIMANE; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; METALLOTHIONEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG MECHANISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 2942729438     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602004000100007     Document Type: Article

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