Oxidative stress protection of Trypanosomes requires selenophosphate synthase

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-50

  Costa, F C ^a   Oliva, M A V ^a   De Jesus, T C L ^b   Schenkman, S ^b   Thiemann, O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; RNA interference; Selenocysteine; Selenophosphate synthetase; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELENIUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 80052699291     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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