L-arginine metabolism during interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with host cells

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 363-369

  Peluffo, Gonzalo ^a   Piacenza, Lucía ^a   Irigoín, Florencia ^a   Alvarez, María Noel ^a   Radi, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LYASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YEAST;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 3142757951     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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