Impairment of sterol biosynthesis leads to phosphorus and calcium accumulation in Leishmania acidocalcisomes

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3213-3220

  Vannier Santos, Marcos A ^a   Martiny, Andrea ^a   Lins, Ulysses ^b   Urbina, Julio A ^b   Borges, Valéria M ^b   De Souza, Wanderley ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acidocalcisome; Ketoconazole; Leishmania; Sterol biosynthesis inhibitors; Terbinafine

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CYSTATIN C; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL INCLUSION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 0032739922     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3213     Document Type: Article

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