The dihydroxyacetonephosphate pathway for biosynthesis of ether lipids in Leishmania mexicana promastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-72

  Heise, Norton ^a   Opperdoes, Fred R ^a  

^a International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ether lipid biosynthesis; Glycosomes; Leishmania mexicana

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GLYCOLYSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; COENZYME A LIGASES; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; ORGANELLES; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; PHOSPHOLIPID ETHERS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; TRANSFERASES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030845186     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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