Drug screening by crossing membranes: A novel approach to identification of trypanocides

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Field, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoplasmic reticulum translocation; Microsome; Signal recognition particle; Transport assay trypanocide; Trypanosomiasis; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN; CJ 21058; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EFLORNITHINE; EQUISETIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MAL 3101; MELARSOPROL; PAFURAMIDINE; PENTAMADINE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; SURAMIN; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMANS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 64249131068     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090283     Document Type: Note

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