Glycosylation defects and virulence phenotypes of Leishmania mexicana phosphomannomutase and dolicholphosphate-mannose synthase gene deletion mutants

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 8168-8183

  Garami, A ^a   Mehlert, A ^a   Ilg, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOLICHOL PHOSPHATE MANNOSE; DOLICHOL PHOSPHATE MANNOSE SYNTHASE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOMANNOMUTASE; PROTEOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GLYCOSYLATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOLICHOL MONOPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GLYCOSYLATION; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MACROPHAGES; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHOMUTASES); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035171565     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.23.8168-8183.2001     Document Type: Article

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