Molecular characterisation of Trypanosoma brucei alkyl dihydroxyacetone- phosphate synthase

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-66

  Zomer, Anna W M ^a   Michels, Paul A M ^a   Opperdoes, Fred R ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alkyl DHAP synthase; Ether lipid biosynthesis; Gene sequence; Glycosomes; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; ETHER LIPID; HEXADECANOL; MICROBIAL ENZYME; PROTOZOAL DNA; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0032730959     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00141-3     Document Type: Article

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