Rapid Uptake and Phosphorylation of D-Mannose, and Limited D-Mannose 6-phosphate Isomerization in the Glycolytic Pathway of Bloodstream Forms of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-113

  Hara, Tatsuru ^a   Kanbara, Hiroji ^b   Nakao, Masanori ^a   Fukuma, Toshihide ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloodstream forms; Glycosome; Mannose uptake; Phosphorylation of mannose; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

HEXOKINASE; MANNOSE; MANNOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; PHLORIZIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; HEXOKINASE; MANNOSE; MANNOSEPHOSPHATES; PHLORHIZIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0030629074     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.44.105     Document Type: Article

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