Abstract:
:The 31P NMR spectrum of the adult tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, at 37 degrees C during perfusion with physiological saline was composed of 10 peaks. Based on chemical shifts and analysis of worm extracts, the phosphorus components included glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-6-phosphate, phosphorylcholine, glycerophosphoryl choline and -ethanolamine, nucleotide monophosphate-diphosphate and -triphosphate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and uridine diphosphate glucose. The mean level of nucleotide triphosphate was 0.86 nmol (mg fresh weight)-1 and the nucleotide triphosphate/-diphosphate ratio 3.9. Based on the nucleotide triphosphate level, worms were viable for at least 3 h and the intracellular pH was maintained constant at approximately 6.7. Short-term exposure to mebendazole perfused at 11 or 27 microM solubilized in physiological saline containing 0.5% Tween 80 or 0.1% dimethyl sulphoxide had little effect on the nucleotide triphosphate level. Some cytological changes, however, were evident following perfusion of mebendazole. In contrast, exposure to 2,4-dinitrophenol caused a rapid decline in nucleotide triphosphate level. It was concluded that mebendazole does not exert its primary effect on oxidative phosphorylation.
journal_name
Mol Biochem Parasitoljournal_title
Molecular and biochemical parasitologyauthors
Thompson SN,Platzer EG,Lee RWdoi
10.1016/0166-6851(87)90068-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-01-02 00:00:00pages
45-54issue
1eissn
0166-6851issn
1872-9428pii
0166-6851(87)90068-5journal_volume
22pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Translation initiation factor eIF4F is essential for cap-dependent translation initiation in eukaryotes. eIF4F is a trimeric complex consisting of a scaffold protein eIF4G, cap-binding protein eIF4E and DEAD-box RNA helicase eIF4A. eIF4F binds to the 5' cap structure of the mRNA through eIF4E and facilitates the bindi...
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journal_title:Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00275-4
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journal_title:Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0166-6851(95)00120-p
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更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0166-6851(94)90147-3
更新日期:1994-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular and biochemical parasitology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0166-6851(98)00170-4
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0166-6851(94)00104-u
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0166-6851(94)90116-3
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0166-6851(94)00208-5
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2018.09.003
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0166-6851(81)90061-x
更新日期:1981-12-31 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.01.006
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1981-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00