Characterization of the phytochelatin synthase of Schistosoma mansoni

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ray, Debalina ^a,b   Williams, David L ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CADMIUM; COPPER; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HISTIDINE; IRON; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; ZINC; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE GENE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; YEAST CELL; ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CADMIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79957980956     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001168     Document Type: Article

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