The selenoproteome is dispensable in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-193

  Aeby, Eric ^a   Seidel, Viktoria ^a   Schneider, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auranofin; Selenocysteine; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SELENOPROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; AURANOFIN; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SELENOPROTEINS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 70349301325     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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