Purification and biochemical characterization of four iron superoxide dismutases in Trypanosoma cruzi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Mateo, Héctor ^a   Marín, Clotilde ^a   Pérez Cordón, Gregorio ^a   Sánchez Moreno, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Subcellular localization; Superoxide dismutase; T. cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 46749090910     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000300008     Document Type: Article

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