Thioredoxins of a parasitic nematode: Comparison of the 16- and 12-kDA thioredoxins from Haemonchus contortus

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2026-2033

  Sotirchos, Irene M ^a   Hudson, Amanda L ^a   Ellis, John ^a,b   Davey, Mary W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Drug resistance; Free radicals; Functional characterisation; Haemonchus contortus; Nematode; Thioredoxin system

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IVERMECTIN; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; HAEMONCHUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THIOREDOXINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS;

EID: 43849101278     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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