The trans-sialidase of Trypanosoma cruzi is anchored by two different lipids

Glycobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 731-735

  Agusti, Rosalía ^a   Couto, Alicia S ^a   Campetella, Oscar E ^b   Frasch, Alberto C C ^b   De Lederkremer, Rosa M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA   (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GPI; Trans sialidase; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PALMITIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICE; NEURAMINIDASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030884133     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/7.6.731     Document Type: Article

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