Direct evidence for cyanide-insensitive quinol oxidase (alternative oxidase) in apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum: Phylogenetic and therapeutic implications

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 313, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1044-1052

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Hashimoto, Tetsuo ^b   Yabu, Yoshisada ^a   Kido, Yasutoshi ^c   Sakamoto, Kimitoshi ^c   Nihei, Coh Ichi ^c,g   Hato, Mariko ^a   Suzuki, Shu Ichi ^c   Amano, Yuko ^c   Nagai, Kazuo ^d   Hosokawa, Tomoyoshi ^e   Minagawa, Nobuko ^f   Ohta, Nobuo ^a   Kita, Kiyoshi ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Institute of Applied Biology   (Japan)

^f NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Ascofuranone; Cryptosporidium parvum; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

4 O CARBOXYMETHYLASCOFURANONE; 4 O METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYLASCOFURANONE; ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; ASCOCHLORIN; ASCOFURANONE; CYANIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SALICYLHYDROXAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENBANK; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DATABASE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 9144231229     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.038     Document Type: Article

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