Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase from Trypanosoma cruzi, the Chagas disease pathogen

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1175-1178

  Chitnumsub, Penchit ^a   Yuvaniyama, Jirundon ^b   Chahomchuen, Thippayarat ^a   Vilaivan, Tirayut ^c   Yuthavong, Yongyuth ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antifolates; Chagas disease; Dihydrofolate reductase thymidylate synthase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE-DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 73449127215     PISSN: 17443091     EISSN: 17443091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S1744309109041979     Document Type: Article

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