The glycoinositolphospholipids from Leishmania panamensis contain unusual glycan and lipid moieties

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-299

  Zawadzki, Jody ^a   Scholz, Carola ^a   Currie, Graeme ^a   Coombs, Graham H ^b   McConville, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycoinositolphospholipids; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; GALACTOSE; GLYCAN; GLYCEROL STEARATE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; ENZYME ISOLATION; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

EID: 0032544473     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2014     Document Type: Article

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