Biochemical analysis of a recombinant glutathione transferase from the cestode Echinococcus granulosus

Acta Tropica

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Harispe, Laura ^a   García, Gabriela ^b   Arbildi, Paula ^b   Pascovich, Leticia ^b   Chalar, Cora ^a   Zaha, Arnaldo ^c   Fernandez, Cecilia ^b   Fernandez, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glutathione peroxidase; Mu class GSTs; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; 2 NONENAL; 2,4 DECADIENAL; ALBENDAZOLE; BITHIONOL; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CLOSANTEL; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; CYBACRON BLUE; ELLAGIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ETACRYNIC ACID; FENBENDAZOLE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; MEBENDAZOLE; RAFOXANIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; TRIPHENYLTIN CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PARASITE; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IC 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; DIMERIZATION; DINITROCHLOROBENZENE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHACRYNIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; MAMMALIA; TAENIA SOLIUM; VERMES;

EID: 77549087265     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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