Anaerobic NADH-fumarate reductase system is predominant in the respiratory chain of Echinococcus multilocularis, providing a novel target for the chemotherapy of alveolar echinococcosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-170

  Matsumoto, Jun ^a   Sakamoto, Kimitoshi ^b   Shinjyo, Noriko ^b   Kido, Yasutoshi ^b   Yamamoto, Nao ^a   Yagi, Kinpei ^c   Miyoshi, Hideto ^d   Nonaka, Nariaki ^a   Katakura, Ken ^a   Kita, Kiyoshi ^b   Oku, Yuzaburo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE REDUCTASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE FUMARATE REDUCTASE; RHODOQUINONE 10; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUKARYOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; QUINAZOLINES; ROTENONE; THIAZOLES; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 37849029476     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00378-07     Document Type: Article

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