Mitochondrial translation in trypanosomatids: A novel target for chemotherapy?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 429-433

  Niemann, Moritz ^a   Schneider, André ^a   Cristodero, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT;

DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; KINETOPLASTIDA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TRYPANOSOMATID INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE-TRNA LIGASE; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA EDITING; RNA, TRANSFER; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPTOPHAN-TRNA LIGASE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 80052925635     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2011.03.011     Document Type: Review

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