Selective inhibitors of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthetic pathway of Trypanosoma brucei

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5922-5930

  Smith, Terry K ^a   Sharma, Deepak K ^a,b   Crossman, Arthur ^a   Brimacombe, John S ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; HeLa; Inositol acyltransferase; Mannosyltransferase; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOL;

ACYLATION; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ACYLATION; ANIMALS; DETERGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHERS; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0033229883     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.21.5922     Document Type: Article

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