Sterol composition and biosynthesis in Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-91

  Liendo, Andreína ^a   Visbal, Gonzalo ^a   Piras, Marta M ^b   Piras, Romano ^b   Urbina, Julio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

(24(24')) sterol methyl transferases; (24(25)); 22 26 azasterol; 24(R,S) 25 epiminolanosterol; Amastigotes; De novo biosynthesis; Gas liquid chromatography; Ketoconazole; Mass spectrometry; Sterol C14 demethylase; Sterols; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; KETOCONAZOLE; LANOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STEROL;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROL ANALYSIS; STEROL SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHOLESTANOL; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; KETOCONAZOLE; LANOSTEROL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; STEROLS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0032730353     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00129-2     Document Type: Article

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