Leishmania infantum: Provision of reducing equivalents to the mitochondrial tryparedoxin/tryparedoxin peroxidase system

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-423

  Castro, Helena ^a   Romao, Susana ^a   Gadelha, Fernanda R ^b   Tomás, Ana M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase; dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase; DLDH, EC 1.8.1.4; Leishmania; Mitochondrion; T(SH)2; TR, EC 1.8.1.12; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania spp., trypanosomatids; trypanothione; trypanothione disulfide; trypanothione reductase; Trypanothione reductase; Tryparedoxin; tryparedoxin; tryparedoxin peroxidase; TS2; TXN; TXNPx

Indexed keywords

DIGITONIN; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; TRYPAREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DIGITONIN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDASES; PEROXIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; THIOREDOXINS;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 55049141724     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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