Mode of action of fenarimol against Leishmania spp.

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 280-286

  Zeiman, Einat ^a   Greenblatt, Charles L ^a   Elgavish, Sharona ^a   Khozin Goldberg, Ina ^a,b   Golenser, Jacob ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ATRAZINE; FENARIMOL; HERBICIDE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; TRIFLURALIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLATE; HERBICIDE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INHIBITION; LESION; RODENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PROMASTIGOTE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LIGANDS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PYRIMIDINES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUS;

EID: 40949106916     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1259.1     Document Type: Article

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