Trypanosome alternative oxidase: from molecule to function

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 484-491

  Chaudhuri, Minu ^a   Ott, Robert Daniel ^b   Hill, George C ^b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ASCOFURANONE; BENZOHYDROXAMIC ACID; EFLORNITHINE; GLYCEROL; MELARSOPROL; OXYGEN; PENTAMIDINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SALICYLHYDROXAMIC ACID; SURAMIN; TRYPANOSOME ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; UBIQUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REDUCTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33748309413     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.08.007     Document Type: Review

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