Mutagenesis study of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase C of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 423-432

  Carnall, Nicola ^a   Webb, Helena ^a   Carrington, Mark ^a  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Cysteine; Sulphydryl reagents; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE; THIOL REAGENT; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

4-CHLOROMERCURIBENZENESULFONATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BINDING SITES; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTIDINE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0031574483     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00177-1     Document Type: Article

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