The melaminophenyl arsenicals melarsoprol and melarsen oxide interfere with thiamine metabolism in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3268-3271

  Schweingruber, M Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; MELARSENOXIDE; MELARSOPROL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN CAR1P; PYRIMIDINE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; METABOLIC INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SUBSPECIES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; YEAST;

ARSENICALS; CULTURE MEDIA; MELARSOPROL; MUTATION; OXIDES; PYRIMIDINES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; THIAMINE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 4344668582     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.9.3268-3271.2004     Document Type: Article

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