In silico studies on tryparedoxin peroxidase of Leishmania infantum: Structural aspects

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 626-630

  Singh, Bishal Kumar ^a   Dubey, Vikash Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Drug design; Homology Modelling; Peroxidase activity; Structure Function

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PEROXIDASE; PROLINE; TRYPAREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEROXIDASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 71749116036     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920109789069305     Document Type: Article

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