Structural model of the Plasmodium falciparum Thioredoxin reductase: A novel target for antimalarial drugs

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-183

  Banerjee, Amit Kumar ^a   Arora, Neelima ^a   Murty, U S N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Homology modeling; Malaria; Oxidative stress; Plasmodium; Redox system; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 2;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

EID: 70350033518     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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