Specialized fatty acid synthesis in African trypanosomes: Myristate for GPI anchors

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5463, 2000, Pages 140-143

  Morita, Yasu S ^a   Paul, Kimberly S ^a   Englund, Paul T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MYRISTIC ACID; THIOLACTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAPRYLATES; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CERULENIN; DECANOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; LAURATES; MYRISTATES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; THIOPHENES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0034616181     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5463.140     Document Type: Article

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