Leishmania mexicana mutants lacking glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI):protein transamidase provide insights into the biosynthesis and functions of GPI-anchored proteins

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1183-1195

  Hilley, James D ^a   Zawadzki, Jody L ^b   McConville, Malcolm J ^b   Coombs, Graham H ^a   Mottram, Jeremy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; INTERNALIZATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034044991     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1183     Document Type: Article

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