Towards an Understanding of the Function of the Phytochelatin Synthase of Schistosoma mansoni

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rigouin, Coraline ^a   Nylin, Elyse ^a   Cogswell, Alexis A ^a   Schaumlöffel, Dirk ^b   Dobritzsch, Dirk ^c   Williams, David L ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDASE; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; PRAZIQUANTEL; REDUCING AGENT; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STRESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 84873500935     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002037     Document Type: Article

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