Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositols of Trypanosoma congolense: Two common precursors but a new protein-anchor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-194

  Gerold, Peter ^a   Striepen, Boris ^a,d   Reitter, Barbara ^b   Geyer, Hildegard ^c   Geyer, Rudolf ^c   Reinwald, Erwin ^b   Risse, Hans Jörg ^b   Schwarz, Ralph T ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Inst Fur Veterinar Biochem Freie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol; GPI anchor precursors; Trypanosoma congolense; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MANNOSE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0030590235     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0451     Document Type: Article

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