A detoxifying oxygen reductase in the anaerobic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1112-1118

  Vicente, João B ^a,b   Tran, Vy ^a   Pinto, Liliana ^b   Teixeira, Miguel ^b   Singha, Upinder ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84865541088     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00149-12     Document Type: Article

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