Dissecting the role of glutathione biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-318

  Patzewitz, Eva Maria ^a,b   Wong, Eleanor H ^a   Müller, Sylke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; THIOL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EPISOME; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMMAGCS GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GS GENE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GLUTATHIONE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84855760118     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07933.x     Document Type: Article

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