Mechanisms underlying the transfer of phosphorylcholine to filarial nematode glycoproteins - A possible role for choline kinase

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-318

  Houston, K M ^a   Harnett, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema viteae; Filarial nematode; Phosphatidylcholine; Phosphorylcholine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE KINASE; CHOLINE PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; CITICOLINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TRANSFERASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FILARIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLINE KINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIPETALONEMA; DIPETALONEMA INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCOPROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

EID: 0033065069     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003722     Document Type: Article

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